Category:Pitching

Pitch"ing, n.

1. The act of throwing or casting; a cast; a pitch; as, wild pitching In baseball.

2. The rough paving of a street to a grade with blocks of stone. Mayhew.

3. (hydraul. Eng.)

Defn: a facing of stone laid upon a bank to prevent wear by tides or Currents. Pitching piece (carp.), the horizontal timber supporting The floor of a platform of a stairway, and against which the Stringpieces of the sloping parts are supported.