admiralling, vbl. n.
(ˈædmɪrəlɪŋ)
[f. admiral n. used as vb. + -ing1. (Cf. went a-colonelling, Hudibras.)]
Being or acting as an admiral.
| 1838 Gen. P. Thompson Exerc. (1842) IV. 332 ‘An admiral is to sail to a given port’ (it was in the admiralling days). |