The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bolling \Boll"ing\, n. [Cf. Bole stem of a tree, and Poll, v. t.] A tree from which the branches have been cut; a pollard.
Wiktionary
n. A tree from which the branches have been cut; a pollard.
Wikipedia
The origins of the surname Bolling: English: from a nickname for someone with close-cropped hair or a large head, Middle English bolling "pollard", or for a heavy drinker, from Middle English bolling "excessive drinking". German (Bölling): from a pet form of a personal name formed with Germanic bald "bold", "brave" (see Baldwin). Swedish: either an ornamental name composed of Boll + the suffix -ing "belonging to", or possibly a habitational name from a place named Bolling(e).
Bolling may refer to:
- Bolling, Alabama
- Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D.C.
Usage examples of "bolling".
First reports were sporadic, but Bolling wondered whether the alarmists might not have been right after all.
First reports were sporadic, but Bolling wondered whether the alarmists might not have been right after all.
Commander Peter Bolling listened to the rumble of his twin V16 diesel engines and watched the piers and wharves slip by.
They continued down to the foot of Manhattan, making perhaps better time than Bolling would ordinarily have allowed, but he felt crowded by the narrow channels of the East River.
But Bolling was nevertheless happy to get through the Narrows and out into the Atlantic.
Captain Bolling had been advised to put at least a hundred twenty feet of water under his keel.
It seemed to Bolling that they were free-falling, and the fall went on and on.
So we rode down Bolling Creek, through a pretty, broken country, crossed the Caney River, and followed it up a few miles to Wilson's plantation.
Two hours remained until Rachel Sexton, Michael Tolland, and Corky Marlinson were scheduled to arrive at the nearby Bollings Air Force Base.
Whether or not he told Marjorie Tench that the plane was coming into Bollings Air Force Base, he knew she had the means to find out.
Although Rachel and NRO director William Pickering had planned to maintain radio silence until her arrival at Bollings Air Force Base outside of D.
And my village, the Gaits and the Bollings and all the rest, hardly ever notice who’s in the White House.
It was even a fun diversion for the former chief USAF analyst at the Defense Intelligence Agency's headquarters building at Bolling AFB in Washington.