riddling

English

Verb

riddling

  1. present participle of riddle

Noun

riddling (plural riddlings)

  1. Material removed by riddling, or sieving.
    • 1832, The Quarterly Journal of Agriculture (volume 3, page 989)
      The good grain is riddled by hand into a heap at a convenient part of the barn, and the riddlings are thrown among the stuff which descends to the floor through the other spout.
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