( 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.
( 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012