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Webster 1828 Edition

Ditching

DITCHING

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ppr.

Digging ditches; also, draining by a ditch or ditches; as ditching a swamp.

Definition 2024

ditching

ditching

English

Verb

ditching

present participle of ditch

Noun

ditching ‎(plural ditchings)

(aviation) A deliberate crash landing on the sea.
- 1990, Operator's Manual for Army U-21G Aircraft
  Model test and actual ditchings of various aircraft indicate that ditchings into the wall of water created by the major swell is roughly analogous to flying into a mountain.