DITCHING

Verb

ditching

present participle of ditch

Noun

ditching (plural ditchings)

(aviation) A deliberate crash landing on the sea.

Source: Wiktionary


DITCH

Ditch (; 224), n.; pl. Ditches. Etym: [OE. dich, orig. the same word as dik. See Dike.]

1. A trench made in the earth by digging, particularly a trench for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing inclosures, or for preventing an approach to a town or fortress. In the latter sense, it is called also a moat or a fosse.

2. Any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of the earth.

Ditch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ditched; p. pr. & vb. n. Ditching.]

1. To dig a ditch or ditches in; to drain by a ditch or ditches; as, to ditch moist land.

2. To surround with a ditch. Shak.

3. To throw into a ditch; as, the engine was ditched and turned on its side.

Ditch, v. i.

Definition: To dig a ditch or ditches. Swift.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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