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pointing (n.)
[pointing 词源字典]
"the filling up of exterior faces of joints in brickwork," late 15c., verbal noun from
point
(v.). Meaning "action of indicating with the finger, etc." is from 1550s.
[pointing etymology, pointing origin, 英语词源]
[pointing 词源字典]