sugaring off

/ ˈʃʊɡərɪŋ /

noun

1. the boiling down of maple sap to produce sugar, traditionally a social event in early spring

Example Sentences

For hundreds of years, when many of Quebec’s families were rural, large and poor, sugaring off — the process of collecting sap from the trees and turning it into syrup — was a necessity, providing an inexpensive supply of sugar for the entire year.

From New York Times

About half a mile from the cabin stood the sugar maple grove to which this energetic provider went to tap the trees, collect the sap and finally boil the same until the “sugaring off.”

From Project Gutenberg

"Sugaring off," as the boiling down of the sap is called, is quite an event.

From Project Gutenberg

This un assuming collection of portraits, snap shots of sugaring off, cutting ice, cats, dogs and family parties quietly grows on the reader.

From Time Magazine Archive

Some 600 people milled through the gallery, gaping at the artist and at such old favorites among her oils as The Old Oaken Bucket, Frosty Morning and Sugaring Off.

From Time Magazine Archive