BLOODING


Meaning of BLOODING in English

/blud"ing/ , n. Chiefly Brit.

(in fox hunting) an informal initiation ceremony in which the face of a novice is smeared with the blood of the first fox that person has seen killed.

[ 1590-1600; BLOOD + -ING 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .