noun The act by which something is foiled; prevention of success.
the foilings of our expectations
noun The track of game, such as deer, in the grass.
noun A foil.
noun Clipping of hydrofoiling (“the action of sustained hydrodynamic lift on hydrofoils lifting the vessel hull lifted out of the water, for sustained motion across water”).
noun ↑ 1858, Peter Lund Simmonds, The Dictionary of Trade Products