p.pr. & ·vb.n. of double.
2. doubling ·noun the lining of the mantle borne about the shield or escutcheon.
3. doubling ·noun the process of redistilling spirits, to improve the strength and flavor.
4. doubling ·noun a turning and winding; as, the doubling of a hunted hare; shift; trick; artifice.
5. doubling ·noun the act of one that doubles; a making double; reduplication; also, that which is doubled.