Definitions of Earing:
part of speech: noun
(
obs.)
Ploughing.
Usage examples for Earing:
-
For
several
days
we
made
tolerably
fair
progress,
but
on
the
2nd
of
December
a
gale
of
wind
sprang
up,
and
carried
away
our
jury-
main-
topmast
and
top-
yard,
and
split
the
sail
from
clew
to
earing
"Hurricane Hurry", W.H.G. Kingston
-
The
studding-
sail
boom
of
the
foreyard,
which
had
been
carelessly
left
out,
had
been
broken
off
short
in
the
earing
from
the
pressure
of
the
wind
on
the
bare
spar.
"The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I", William James Stillman
-
Asking
nothing
by
word
or
look,
he
proved
himself
under
her
eyes-
first
on
deck;
first
in
the
rigging;
the
best
man
at
a
weather-
earing
the
best
at
the
wheel;
quick,
obedient,
intelligent,
and
respectful,
winning
the
admiration
of
his
mates,
the
jealous
ill
will
of
the
officers,
but
no
sign
of
interest
or
approval
from
her
until
to-
night-
the
ninety-
second
day
of
the
passage.
""Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea", Morgan Robertson
-
There
is
the
prospect
of
a
breeze
coming
in
from
the
sea,
Mr
Earing
we
will
get
our
topsails
to
the
mast-
heads
again,
and
be
in
readiness
for
it.
"The Red Rover", James Fenimore Cooper
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