Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Polling
Poll′ing (pōl′ĭng), n. [See Poll the head.] 1. The act of topping, lopping, or cropping, as trees or hedges.
2. Plunder, or extortion. [Obs.] E. Hall.
3. The act of voting, or of registering a vote.
Polling booth, a temporary structure where the voting at an election is done; a polling place.