transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˌrō-liŋ ]
noun
Date: 1812
1.
[from a former American custom of neighbors assisting one another in rolling logs into a pile for burning]
: the exchanging of assistance or favors ; specifically : the trading of votes by legislators to secure favorable action on projects of interest to each one
2. : the rolling of logs in water by treading ; also : a sport in which contestants treading logs try to dislodge one another