pitching

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of pitch

   As the pilot fought the hijackers for control the aeroplane was pitching wildly.

plural pitchings

1. countableuncountableThe act of throwing or casting.

   wild pitching in baseball

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

   All this testifies to that yearning for green fields and rural sports which a life amidst bricks, pavements and pitching-stones

   c. 1874, Henry Mayhew, London Characters

3. countableuncountableengineeringA facing of stone laid upon a bank to prevent wear by tides or currents.