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单词 fording
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fordingn.

/ˈfɔːdɪŋ/
Etymology: < ford v. + -ing suffix1.
a. The action of crossing a ford; also attributive.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > [noun] > travelling across or through > across a ford
fording1854
1815–16 Niles' Weekly Reg. 9 Suppl. 165/1 The dams are to be made with fording places.
1854 J. L. Stephens Incidents Trav. Central Amer. (1854) 278 We reached the bank; but here there was no fording-place.
b. A fording-place or ford.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > place where something may be crossed > fordable place
passing placea1540
going-over1650
fordage1728
passing1825
fording1833
wagon-drift1850
1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log xvii, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 27/2 The hollo..guided us to the fording which we had crossed on our first arrival.
1881 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 68 In two fordings we had narrowly escaped plumping into holes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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