breasting

[ bres-ting ]

/ ˈbrɛs tɪŋ /

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noun

a piece of leather or other material for covering the heel breast of a shoe.

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Origin of breasting

We were now merely breasting the current, and driving on a little with the gusts.
Left on Labrador|Charles Asbury Stephens
We were now in the open air, breasting a swooping nor'-wester that chilled the very marrow of my bones.
Paul Gosslett's Confessions in Love, Law, and The Civil Service|Charles James Lever
Three minutes later they were breasting through a low thicket of evergreen.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 8 (of 25)|Robert Louis Stevenson
For some time the swimmers continued to strike out to sea, breasting over the swell like hundreds of black seals.
The Coral Island|R.M. Ballantyne

It is thus supposed to typify a young man breasting the stream of life, and thrusting his way through difficulties to success.
Peeps at Many Lands: Japan|John Finnemore