fording
Speech parts
1. fording - Noun
2. fording - Verb
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of Ford
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A few underpasses in Tucson have "feet of water" scales painted on their supports to discourage fording by automobiles during a rainstorm.
All models are capable of fording water crossings up to 48 inches deep, and can climb a gradient of at least 60%.
At White Oak Swamp he failed to employ fording places to cross White Oak Swamp Creek, attempting for hours to rebuild a bridge, which limited his involvement to an ineffectual artillery duel and a missed opportunity.
Cold, dirty and wet are some of the adjectives Byl consistently uses to describe her 10- to 14-hour days slogging through thick brush or fording icy cold rivers thigh deep to reach a designated work site.
Greene immediately dispatched a team of officers under engineer Thaddeus Kosciuszko to make a survey of the topography, noting with special care river currents and fording points.
It is jointly owned by Fording Canadian Coal Trust, an open-ended mutual fund trust with its head office in Calgary, and Teck Cominco (TSX:TCK.