wintering verbal noun. ['wɪnt(ǝ)rɪŋ] L15.
[from WINTER verb + -ING¹.]
I. The action of WINTER verb.
1. The keeping or tending of animals during the winter. L15.

2. The action of passing the winter in a particular place; a stay or residence during the winter. L16.

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wintering
II.

3. Chiefly Scot. & north.
a. A yearling. E18.
b. = WINTERER 1. M18.
c. = WINTERAGE. L18.

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