beachingn.1
/ˈbiːtʃɪŋ/ The action of running or hauling a vessel up on the beach. Also attributive, as beaching gear, an appliance for hauling a sea-plane to or from the beach.
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society > travel > travel by water > grounding of vessel > [noun] > deliberately
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beaching1871
society > travel > air or space travel > airfield or airport > [noun] > appliance for beaching sea-plane
beaching gear1936
1871 Daily News 26 Sept. The beaching and wreck of Her Majesty's ship Megæra.
1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. vi. 177 The beaching or landing of a boat.
1936 M. B. Garber Mod. Mil. Dict. 42 Beaching gear, an arrangement of wheels to be attached to the hull of a sea-plane to permit landing ashore.
1939 Meccano Mag. Aug. 470/3 When the hull was ready it was placed on a specially built ‘beaching gear’, a 15-ton 8-wheeled cradle of structural steel with a series of air tanks that give it buoyancy in the water.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
† beachingn.2
Obsolete. Falconry.
A small meal or ‘feed,’ given only as a whet to appetite.
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the world > food and drink > food > animal food > [noun] > food eaten by birds > food for hawks
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tiringc1450
beaching1573
tire1589
victual1688
1573 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalipse (rev. ed.) lxx. f. 222 Small pittances or beachings to feede them wyth, tyll ye great supper be geeuen them.
1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 84 Feede hir with Pullets flesh..asmuch as shall be sufficient for a beaching.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Falcon Give her a little beaching of warm Meat [1751 a little hot meat].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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