polling

CIDE DICTIONARY

polling, n. [See Poll the head.].

•  The act of topping, lopping, or cropping, as trees or hedges.  [1913 Webster]
•  Plunder, or extortion.  E. Hall.  [1913 Webster]
•  The act of voting, or of registering a vote.  [1913 Webster]

Polling booth, a temporary structure where the voting at an election is done; a polling place.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

polling, n. the registering or casting of votes.

Idiom

polling-booth a compartment in which a voter stands to mark the ballot-paper. polling-day the day of a local or general election. polling-station a building, often a school, where voting takes place during an election.