a process of ores being washed into a vanner or onto a shovel
vanning in American English
(ˈvænɪŋ)
noun
travel by means of a small van or truck that has been fitted out with living accommodations
Derived forms
vanner
noun
Word origin
[van2 + -ing1]-ing is a suffix of nouns formed from verbs, expressing the action of the verb or itsresult, product, material, etc. (the art of building; a new building; cotton wadding). It is also used to form nouns from words other than verbs (offing; shirting). Verbal nouns ending in -ing are often used attributively (the printing trade) and in forming compounds (drinking song). In some compounds (sewing machine), the first element might reasonably be regarded as the participial adjective, -ing, the compound thus meaning “a machine that sews,” but it is commonly taken as a verbalnoun, the compound being explained as “a machine for sewing”