1. the act or technique of drawing or writing with a pencil
2. marks or lines made with a pencil

1. present participle of pencil; drawing or writing with a pencil

Examples

• Her pencilling technique improved with practice.
• The artist’s delicate pencilling captured every detail of the portrait.
• He was pencilling notes in the margin of his textbook.
• The rough pencilling showed the basic outline of the design.
• She spent hours pencilling architectural drawings.
• The pencilling on the paper was barely visible.
• He was carefully pencilling the shading on his sketch.