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▪ I. ˈroading, vbl. n.1
[f. road v.1]
1. Racing with teams upon the road.
1787W. Marshall Rur. Econ. Norf. (1795) I. 44 The young men who took delight in the diversion of ‘roading’.
2. a. The making or repairing of roads.
1883Gresley Gloss. Coal-mining, Roading, repairing and maintaining roads. 1895Daily News 21 Nov. 5/5 Instances of bad roading or lack of sanding.
b. concr. A road surface. rare.
1857J. E. Ritchie Night Side of London 5 The cost of this paved roading was 14 millions.
3. Performance of a horse on the road.
1890Atlantic Monthly Apr. 524/1 She accomplished forty-three miles in three hours and twenty-five minutes. This was great roading.
▪ II. ˈroading, vbl. n.2
[var. of roding: see rode v.2]
The practice, on the part of certain birds, of flying in the evening. Also attrib.
1888Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 651/1 During this season the male Woodcock performs at twilight flights of a remarkable kind... This characteristic flight is in some parts of England called ‘roading’. 1898Wollocombe From Morn till Eve 246 It was roading time. We turned and cocked our guns. |