noun the act of furnishing with, or taking, arms.
2. arming ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of arm.
3. arming ·noun red dress cloths formerly hung fore and aft outside of a ship's upper works on holidays.
4. arming ·noun a piece of tallow placed in a cavity at the lower end of a sounding lead, to bring up the sand, shells, ·etc., of the sea bottom.