cullings

Noun

culling (countable and uncountable, plural cullings)

1. The act by which things are culled; the process of selecting for acceptance or removal.
   • It is he who has done everything the club have asked of him since his arrival, including overseeing the brutal culling of many of the club's legends - Luis Suarez was thrown away in a phone call which, by all accounts, lasted less than 90 seconds.2021 September 22, Guillem Balagué, “Barcelona: The toxic battle ripping apart a European giant”, in BBC Sport
2. Anything separated or selected from a mass.
3. (UK, obsolete, thieves' cant) The theft of personal possessions from a carriage during a horse race.
   • Culling is performed during races by stepping up on a carriage during the time the horses are coming in, and snatching reticules, silk bags, &c., from the seats of the carriage, the attention of the ladies being drawn to the winning horse.1875, Snowden's Police Officers and Constables' Guide, page 113