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snowshoeing en · NOUN

Etymology

From snowshoe + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The act or sport of travelling on snowshoes.
    • Most fans of winter sports have traditionally had a few problems with snowshoeing. 2005 January 9, Gemma Bowes, The Guardian:
    • A perfectly natural movement of the foot, as in ordinary walking, is the sine qui non of successful snowshoeing, and everything in the construction of the shoe itself goes to confirm this statement. 1888, “The National Sports of Canada”, in The American Magazine, volume 25, page 58:

snowshoeing en · VERB

Etymology

From snowshoe + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of snowshoe
    form of snowshoe