Poll"ing (?), n. [See Poll the head.]
1.
The act of topping, lopping, or cropping, as trees or hedges.
2.
Plunder, or extortion.
[Obs.]
E. Hall.
3.
The act of voting, or of registering a vote.
Polling booth, a temporary structure where the voting at an election is done; a polling place.
© Webster 1913.