quantingn.

Brit.

/ˈkwɒntɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈkwɑn(t)ɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: quant n.¹, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < quant n.¹ + -ing suffix¹.

Now chiefly English regional (East Anglian).

The action of propelling a boat with a quant.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > propelling boat by oars, paddle, or pole > [noun] > poling

punting1778

poling1811

pole-boating1837

quanting1865

1865 W. White Eastern Eng. I. 84 Wherry men, to whom the operation of ‘quanting’ is very familiar.

1887 W. Rye Month on Norfolk Broads 39 We and the wherry, by dint of very hard quanting, managed..to get as far as the ruins.

1935 Times 12 Aug. 13/5 Good quanting, rhythmical and unerring, is not easy except on the glassy water of summer time.

1988 N. Dalrymple-Champneys in G. Crabbe Compl. Poet. Wks. III. 422 Quanting, a term used by bargemen on the East coast for propelling a boat or punt with a ‘quant’ or pole.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	quanting
释义	quantingn. Brit. /ˈkwɒntɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈkwɑn(t)ɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: quant n.¹, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < quant n.¹ + -ing suffix¹. Now chiefly English regional (East Anglian). The action of propelling a boat with a quant. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > propelling boat by oars, paddle, or pole > [noun] > poling punting1778 poling1811 pole-boating1837 quanting1865 1865 W. White Eastern Eng. I. 84 Wherry men, to whom the operation of ‘quanting’ is very familiar. 1887 W. Rye Month on Norfolk Broads 39 We and the wherry, by dint of very hard quanting, managed..to get as far as the ruins. 1935 Times 12 Aug. 13/5 Good quanting, rhythmical and unerring, is not easy except on the glassy water of summer time. 1988 N. Dalrymple-Champneys in G. Crabbe Compl. Poet. Wks. III. 422 Quanting, a term used by bargemen on the East coast for propelling a boat or punt with a ‘quant’ or pole. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1865
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