English

Verb

canvassing

1. present participle of canvass

Noun

canvassing ‎(plural canvassings)

1. The act of one who canvasses or solicits.
   • 1853, Documents of the City of Boston

     The thoroughness required by your explicit instructions, together with the strong desire that these repeated canvassings should be executed in so careful a manner as to establish reliable data, has no doubt tended materially to produce the gratifying result.