volleying

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Verb

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volleying

  1. present participle and gerund of volley

Noun

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volleying (plural volleyings)

  1. The firing of a volley.
    • 1858–1865, Thomas Carlyle, History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: Chapman and Hall, [], →OCLC:
      [] the King's Entrance takes place under volleyings and cannonadings.