holing
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -əʊlɪŋ
Verb
holing
- present participle of hole
Derived terms
- gunk-holing
- memory-holing
Etymology 2
hole (“a hollow”) + -ing
Noun
holing (plural holings)
- (mining) undercutting in a bed of coal in order to bring down the upper mass[1].
References
- 1881, Rossiter W. Raymond, A Glossary of Mining and Metallurgical Terms