caballingとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

caballing (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 caballings)

1. (oceanography) Alternative form of cabbeling.
2. (dated) Secret plotting.
   • 1810, Daniel Horsmanden, The New York Conspiracy:

     And lastly, the examinant saith, that from the beginning of these conversations with the said Mary Burton, about these plottings and caballings between the Hughsons and the negroes […]

   • 1909, Thomas Longueville, The Curious Case of Lady Purbeck:

     In all these negotiations, and caballings, and intriguings, the person most concerned, Frances Coke, the beauty and the heiress, was only the ball in the game.