poling

1. To propel by pushing with poles, to push with a pole.

   Huck Finn poled that raft southward down the Mississippi because going northward against the current was too much work.

2. To identify something quite precisely using a telescope.

   He poled off the serial of the Gulfstream to confirm its identity.

3. To furnish with poles for support.

   to pole beans or hops

4. To convey on poles.

   to pole hay into a barn

5. To stir, as molten glass, with a pole.
6. To strike (the ball) very hard.

verb

To induce piezoelectricity in (a substance) by aligning the dipoles.

1. The act of supporting or of propelling by means of a pole or poles.

   the poling of a boat

2. The operation of dispersing wormcasts over the walks with poles.
3. One of the poles or planks used in upholding the side earth in excavating a tunnel, ditch, etc.