I. ˈmāliŋ noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English mailling, from maill mail (rent) + -ing
1. Scotland : a rented farm
2. Scotland : the rent paid for a farm
II. noun
( -s )
Etymology: from gerund of mail (III)
1. : the act of sending by mail
on the day of mailing he had not appeared
2. : the mail dispatched at one time by a sender
large mailings which once took weeks now can be made ready for the post office overnight — Dun's Review
3. : something sent by mail
over a million domestic postcards, circulars, parcels, and other mailings reached the Dead Letter Office — Canada Year Book