culling

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of cull

plural cullings

1. countableuncountableThe act by which things are culled; the process of selecting for acceptance or removal.

   It is he who has done everything the club have asked of him since his arrival, including overseeing the brutal culling of many of the club's legends - Luis Suarez was thrown away in a phone call which, by all accounts, lasted less than 90 seconds.

   2021 September 22, Guillem Balagué, “Barcelona: The toxic battle ripping apart a European giant”, in BBC Sport

2. countableuncountableAnything separated or selected from a mass.
3. UKcountableobsoleteuncountablethieves' cantThe theft of personal possessions from a carriage during a horse race.

   Culling is performed during races by stepping up on a carriage during the time the horses are coming in, and snatching reticules, silk bags, &c., from the seats of the carriage, the attention of the ladies being drawn to the winning horse.

   1875, Snowden's Police Officers and Constables' Guide, page 113