"fouling" meaning in English

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          "text": "A new type of fouling point indicator is being tried out by the London Transport Executive. Until now the standard method of indicating the point nearest to a junction of two stabling roads where a train can stand without fouling the adjacent road has been by fixing the letters \"FP\" [fouling point] to the sleepers of the road concerned.",
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      "ipa": "/ˈfaʊlɪŋ/"
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          "ref": "1949, Albert Manucy, “The Era of Artillery § Rifling”, in Artillery Through the Ages[:] A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America, Reprint 1985 edition, page 14:",
          "text": "Probably, rifling evolved from the early observation of the feathers on an arrow-and from the practical results of cutting channels in a musket, originally to reduce fouling, then because it was found to improve accuracy of the shot.",
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