Shoaling \Shoal"ing\, a. Becoming shallow gradually. ``A shoaling estuary.'' --Lyell. Shoal \Shoal\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shoaled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shoaling}.] To assemble in a multitude; to throng; as, the fishes shoaled about the place. --Chapman.