Swan-hopping

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Swan-hopping \Swan"-hop`ping\, n.
     A corruption of {Swan-upping}. [Eng.] --Encyc. Brit.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Swan-upping \Swan"-up`ping\, n.
     A yearly expedition on the Thames to take up young swans and
     mark them, as by Companies of Dyers and Vintners; -- called
     also {swan-hopping}. [Eng.] --Encyc. Brit.
     [1913 Webster]