▪ I. caballing, vbl. n.
(kəˈbælɪŋ)
[cf. cabal v. + -ing1.]
Petty plotting, intriguing.
| a 1680 Butler Rem. (1759) I. 425 Their caballing is the same thing exactly with packing of Cards. 1714 Mandeville Fab. Bees (1733) II. 34 The court of Rome is..the best school to learn the art of caballing. 1722 Minute-Bk. in A. M{supc}Kay Hist. Kilmarnock (1864) 36 To prevent cabbawlling..by the servants. 1866 Cornh. Mag. Oct. 435 That petty partisanship and caballing which are the curse of convents. |
▪ II. caˈballing, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That cabals or intrigues.
| a 1700 Dryden (J.) What those caballing captains may design. 1831 Lytton Godolph. xviii, A sordid and caballing faction. |