roding

See also: röding and Roding

English

Noun

roding (countable and uncountable, plural rodings)

  1. (ornithology) The mating display of the male woodcock, consisting of a patrolling flight around its territory.
  2. (nautical, countable) A small boat's anchor line.
    • 1897, Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous:
      Three boats found their rodings fouled by these reckless mid-sea hunters, and were towed half a mile ere their horses shook the line free.

Verb

roding

  1. present participle and gerund of rode

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