[f. TILL v.1 + -ING2.] That tills or cultivates land.
c. 1380. Wyclif, Serm., Sel. Wks. I. 319. Þe first was an heerde, and þe toþer a tiliyng man.
1906. Daily Chron., 15 Sept., 3/1. Nor spurn my muse because it sings
Of tilling men who plough and reap.