The MPC was supposed to be a simple river-crosser—either by fording of swimming.
The recent rains have raised the river above the fording mark.
fording a river was usually tiresome, and sometimes dangerous.
His stately house of fording could be seen on a clear day from the minster tower.
The new lord had come back to fording full of splendid purpose.
Why, above all, had he come down to fording to have his suspicions confirmed?
Every servant in the house would know how he had come to fording with a picture.
It was an odd thing that Sharnall had not come home; Sharnall must have gone to fording.
We made the trip in four weeks, fording all rivers and streams on the way.
There was no foot-bridge and but one way to get to the island, that of fording the river.
Old English ford "shallow place where water can be crossed," from Proto-Germanic *furdhus (cf. Old Frisian forda, Old High German furt, German Furt "ford"), from PIE *prtu- "a going, a passage" (cf. Latin portus "harbor," originally "entrance, passage;" Old Welsh rit, Welsh rhyd "ford;" Old English faran "to go;" see port (n.1)). The line of automobiles is named for U.S. manufacturer Henry Ford (1863-1947).
1610s, from ford (n.). Related: Forded; fording.
