hailing

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of hail

plural hailings

1. The act by which somebody is hailed.

   There is an unending series of hailings, both direct and indirect, to which the reader responds or does not respond. Thus, although certain texts attempt to address themselves to the reader, she may be critical of them […]

   1995, Sara Mills, Feminist Stylistics Interface