vbl. sb. [f. TEAM v. + -ING1.] The action of the verb TEAM. Also attrib.
1733. W. Ellis, Chiltern & Vale Farm., 317. A Teaming-pin of about eleven Inches long.
1829. Glover’s Hist. Derby, I. 182. The breeding of heavy, or teaming horses.
1852. Wiggins, Embanking, 115. Cutting and filling 5d. per yard. Teaming 3/8ths of a mile 03/4 per yard.
1877. Knight, Dict. Mech., Teaming … 2. The operation of transporting earth from the cutting to the embankment. 3. A certain mode of manufacturing work, which is given out to a boss, who hires a gang or team to do it, and is responsible to the owner of the stock.
1883. Harper’s Mag., Aug., 390/2. All the teaming is done with one-horse carts.
