riddling

riddling

English

Verb

riddling

1. present participle of riddle

Noun

riddling (plural riddlings)

1. Material removed by riddling, or sieving.
   • 1832, The Quarterly Journal of Agriculture (volume 3, page 989)

     The good grain is riddled by hand into a heap at a convenient part of the barn, and the riddlings are thrown among the stuff which descends to the floor through the other spout.