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rodings

rodings is the plural of roding.

Meaning of roding

Noun

roding (countable and uncountable, plural rodings)

  1. The mating display of the male woodcock, consisting of a patrolling flight around its territory.
  2. (countable) A small boat's anchor line.
    • Three boats found their rodings fouled by these reckless mid-sea hunters, and were towed half a mile ere their horses shook the line free.1897, Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous

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Questions about rodings

What is rodings the plural of?
Rodings is the plural of roding.

Words near rodings in the dictionary

  1. rodingites
  2. rodingitisation
  3. rodingitised
  4. rodingitization
  5. rodingitized
  6. rodings
  7. Rodinia
  8. Rodinian
  9. Rodis
  10. rodizio
  11. rodizios

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