[f. TITLE v. + -ING1.] The action of TITLE v.a. A writing down under titles or heads; an abstract. Obs. b. The giving of a title; a naming.

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1465.  J. Paston, in P. Lett., II. 219. He must … see his billes of payment, and take therof a titelyng.

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1523.  Fitzherb., Surv., xix. 34 b. He must begyn at a certayne place … and there to make his tytelynge where he beginneth.

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1894.  H. Gamlin, Romney, 148. The titling of the engraving came about this way.

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