Potting meaning : To put (something) into a pot. To preserve by bottling or canning. To cause a ball to fall into a pocket. To be capable of being potted. To shoot with a firearm. To take a pot shot, or haphazard shot, with a firearm. To secure; gain; win; bag. To send someone to gaol, expeditiously. To tipple; to drink. To drain (e.g. sugar of the molasses) in a perforated cask. To seat a person, usually a young child, on a potty or toilet, typically during toilet teaching. To apply a plaster cast to a broken limb. The placing of something in a pot.