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soling - 4 dictionary results

sol⋅ing

[soh-ling]
–noun
pitching.

Origin:
sole 2 + -ing 1

sole

2[sohl] noun, verb, soled, sol⋅ing.
–noun
1. the bottom or under surface of the foot.
2. the corresponding under part of a shoe, boot, or the like, or this part exclusive of the heel.
3. the bottom, under surface, or lower part of anything.
4. Carpentry.
a. the underside of a plane.
b. soleplate.
5. Golf. the part of the head of the club that touches the ground.
–verb (used with object)
6. to furnish with a sole, as a shoe.
7. Golf. to place the sole of (a club) on the ground, as in preparation for a stroke.

Origin:
1275–1325; ME (n.) < OF < L solea sandal, sole, deriv. of solum base, bottom


soleless, adjective

pitch⋅ing

[pich-ing]
–noun
1. the act of revetting or paving with small stones.
2. stones so used.
Also called penning, soling.


Origin:
1685–95; pitch 1 + -ing 1
sole 1   (sōl)   
n.  
  1. The underside of the foot.
  2. The underside of a shoe or boot, often excluding the heel.
  3. The part on which something else rests while in a vertical position, especially:
    1. The bottom surface of a plow.
    2. The bottom surface of the head of a golf club.
tr.v.   soled, sol·ing, soles
  1. To furnish (a shoe or boot) with a sole.
  2. To put the sole of (a golf club) on the ground, as in preparing to make a stroke.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin solea, sandal, from solum, bottom, sole of the foot.]
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