Snowshoeing

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act or sport of travelling on snowshoes. uncountable

    "A perfectly natural movement of the foot, as in ordinary walking, is the sine qui non of successful snowshoeing, and everything in the construction of the shoe itself goes to confirm this statement."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of snowshoe form-of, gerund, participle, present

Example

More examples

"Whether it's hiking or just driving around in the state or national forests on some gravel road, or out canoeing or biking, or even skiing or snowshoeing, I am always on the lookout for potential locations for photographing the night sky."

Etymology

From snowshoe + -ing.

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