- turtling
- noun Date: 1669 the action or process of catching turtles
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Turtling — may refer to:* Turtling (sailing), a sailing term to describe the inverting of a dinghy * Turtling (hunting), the hunting of turtles * Turtle (game term), a game term to describe a defensive strategyee also* Turtle (disambiguation) … Wikipedia
Turtling — Tur tling, n. The act, practice, or art of catching turtles. Marryat. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Turtling (hunting) — Turtling is the hunting of turtles, a practice formerly a big part of the economy in many nations of the West Indies. In recent times, however, it has become outlawed.Turtle hunting was a big part of feeding families in North America, the Midwest … Wikipedia
Turtling (sailing) — In dinghy sailing, a boat is said to be turtling when the boat is fully inverted with the mast pointing down to the seabed. An air pocket can form underneath the turtled boat.References … Wikipedia
turtling — noun a) The hunting of turtles (the reptiles). b) Turning turtle … Wiktionary
turtling — present part of turtle … Useful english dictionary
Turtle (computer gaming) — In computer and video games the term turtle , named after the turtle animal, has different meanings depending on the genre but all relate to a completely defensive strategy. The basic element to this strategy is designed to prevent one from… … Wikipedia
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Rush (video games) — A four pool zergling rush against a zerg AI opponent in StarCraft, who has not yet built a Spawning Pool. In video games, rushing is analogous to the human wave attack in real world ground warfare, in which speed and surprise are used to… … Wikipedia
