admiralling,vbl.n.|ˈædmɪrəlɪŋ| [f. admiral n. used as vb. + -ing1. (Cf.went a-colonelling, Hudibras.)] Being or acting as an admiral. 1838Gen. P. Thompson Exerc. (1842) IV. 332 ‘An admiral is to sail to a given port’ (it was in the admiralling days).