handling
A touching, controlling, managing, using, taking care of, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands.
Example
“baggage handling”
Other meanings
The mode of using the pencil or brush; style of touch.
A criminal offence, the trade in stolen goods.
Word history
From Old English "handlung".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “handling” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.