vbl. sb. [f. STATION v. + -ING1.] The action of the vb. STATION.
1801. J. Benson, in J. Macdonald, Mem. (1822), 366. We have completed … the Plan for the stationing the preachers.
a. 1821. Keats, Notes on ‘Parad. Lost,’ Wks. 1883, III. 28. But in no instance is this sort of perseverance more exemplified, than in what may be called his [Milton’s] stationing or statuary.
1851. Butler, Wine-dealer, etc. 104. The stationing of many servants for due efficiency without confusion requires much judgment.
1914. Eng. Hist. Rev., July, 474. Matters having to do principally with the stationing of troops and commanders in the West Indies.
attrib. 1822. J. Macdonald, Mem. J. Benson, 321. The four following days he was fully engaged as a member of the Stationing Committee.
1902. Daily Chron., 4 Aug., 4/2. The Wesleyan Stationing Committee has issued a revised list of ministerial stations.
