\Poll"ing\, n. [See {Poll} the head.]
1. The act of topping, lopping, or cropping, as trees or
   hedges.

2. Plunder, or extortion. [Obs.] --E. Hall.

3. The act of voting, or of registering a vote.

{Polling booth}, a temporary structure where the voting at an
   election is done; a polling place.