Ärm'ing, n.

n. 1. The act of arming; as, an extensive arming of the people.

2. A piece of tallow placed in a cavity at the lower end of a sounding lead, to bring up the sand, mud, &c., of the sea-bottom. Totten.
3. (pl.) (Naut.) Clothes hung about the outside of a ship's upper works. Chambers.