† down chargingn.
Obsolete.
The action of a gun dog dropping to the ground and crouching down flat when the game rises and the shot is fired. Cf. down charge int.
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1849 New Sporting Mag. Nov. 325 Many persons, who otherwise take a pride in breaking their dogs, frequently omit to teach them a most important accomplishment... I allude to down charging.
1879 Lancaster Gaz. 12 Apr. Let his first lesson be in ‘down-charging’.
1892 R. Payne-Gallwey Lett. to Young Shooters 2nd Ser. xxxii. 494 If the puppy has throughout his previous lessons been carefully exercised in ‘down charging’, it goes a long way towards keeping him at heel.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018).
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