FORDING

ford, fording

(noun) the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Verb

fording

present participle of ford

Noun

fording (plural fordings)

The act by which something is forded.

Fording place

Source: Wiktionary

FORD

Ford, n. Etym: [AS. ford; akin to G. furt, Icel. f bay, and to E. fare. Fare, v. i., and cf. Frith arm of the sea.]

1. A place in a river, or other water, where it may passed by man or beast on foot, by wading. He swam the Esk river where ford there was none. Sir W. Scott.

2. A stream; a current. With water of the ford Or of the clouds. Spenser. Permit my ghost to pass the Stygford. Dryden.

Ford, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Forded; p. pr. & vb. n. Fording.]

Definition: To pass or cross, as a river or other water, by wading; to wade through. His last section, which is no deep one, remains only to be forted. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition