Definition of "foiling" in English

verb

1. present participle and gerund of foil

noun

1. The act by which something is foiled; prevention of success.

   • the foilings of our expectations

2. (hunting) The track of game, such as deer, in the grass.

3. (architecture) A foil.

4. (nautical) Clipping of hydrofoiling (“the action of sustained hydrodynamic lift on hydrofoils lifting the vessel hull lifted out of the water, for sustained motion across water”).