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Webster 1828 Edition


Wintering

WINTERING

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ppr.
Passing the winter; keeping in winter.

Definition 2024


wintering

wintering

English

Verb

wintering

  1. present participle of winter

Noun

wintering (plural winterings)

  1. The act of staying at a place throughout the winter.
    • 2003, William J. Mills, Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia
      Other winterings followed in 1795 and on four occasions in the 1820s, but one in 1834–1835 ended with the death of all members of a seven-man party.