pitchin'

Noun

pitching (countable and uncountable, plural pitchings)

1. The act of throwing or casting.
   • wild pitching in baseball
2. The 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-stonesc. 1874, Henry Mayhew, London Characters
3. A facing of stone laid upon a bank to prevent wear by tides or currents.