Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Profile \Pro"file\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Profiled}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Profiling}] [Cf. F. profiler, It. profilare. See
   {Profile}, n.]
   1. to draw the outline of; to draw in profile, as an
      architectural member.

   2. (Mech.) To shape the outline of an object by passing a
      cutter around it.

   {Profiling machine}, a jigging machine.

Profiling \Pro"fil*ing\, n. (Fort.)
   In the construction of fieldworks, the erection at proper
   intervals of wooden profiles, to show to the workmen the
   sectional form of the parapets at those points.

Source : WordNet®

profiling
     n : recording a person's behavior and analyzing psychological
         characteristics in order to predict or assess their
         ability in a certain sphere or to identify a particular
         group of people