driftings

Noun

drifting (countable and uncountable, plural driftings)

1. The act by which something drifts.
   • True, there had been some heavy falls of snow and some of the roads had become blocked, while north of Inverness there was drifting that held up traffic here and there, but things were no worse than are expected in January.1960 March, “The January blizzard in the North-East of Scotland”, in Trains Illustrated, page 137
2. That which drifts.
   • [W]ith hollow eyes / Many all day in dazzling river stood, / To take the rich-ored driftings of the flood.1820, John Keats, “Isabella; or, The Pot of Basil. A Story from Boccaccio.”, in Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC...
3. A driving technique where the driver intentionally oversteers, causing loss of traction in the rear wheels, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner.

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