·noun The act of furnishing with, or taking, arms.
II. Arming ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Arm.
III. Arming ·noun Red dress cloths formerly hung fore and aft outside of a ship's upper works on holidays.
IV. Arming ·noun A piece of tallow placed in a cavity at the lower end of a sounding lead, to bring up the sand, shells, ·etc., of the sea bottom.