Foraging
['fɔrɪdʒ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Forage
Typed by Dido
Examples
- The man was dressed like a traveller, in a foraging cap with fur about it, and a heap of cloak. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- A genteel foraging party besieged Shirley in her castle, and compelled her to surrender at discretion. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- They went to the river to break the ice, and draw water: they assembled on foraging expeditions, or axe in hand felled the trees for fuel. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The castle and town of Versailles afforded our numbers ample accommodation, and foraging parties took it by turns to supply our wants. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
Inputed by Doris