Usage examples for racking:

• Most of our native wines, however, are generally sold after the second racking in March, and a great many even as soon as clear- in January. "The Cultivation of The Native Grape, and Manufacture of American Wines" – George Husmann

• Back on the little farm there was a level- headed thinker who was counting on a year instead of six months, and who was racking her brains for means with which to help him in the struggle. "The Sherrods" – George Barr McCutcheon

• Discomfort, hunger, thirst, cold, fatigue, pain; above all the terror of his fellows- these were the soul- racking anticipations of this new life into which it was a matter of honour for him to plunge. "The Rough Road" – William John Locke