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swan-upping

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  1. 1. n. A yearly expedition on the Thames to take up young swans and mark them, as by Companies of Dyers and Vintners; -- called also swan-hopping. Source: opted
  2. 2. A yearly expedition on the Thames to take up young swans and mark them, as by Companies of Dyers and Vintners; -- called also swan-hopping. [Eng.] Encyc. Brit. Source: webster
  3. 3. A yearly expedition on the Thames to take up young swans andmark them, as by Companies of Dyers and Vintners; -- called alsoswan-hopping. [Eng.] Encyc. Brit. Source: adambom
  4. 4. n. A yearly expedition on the Thames to take up young swans and mark them, as by Companies of Dyers and Vintners; -- called also swan-hopping. Source: ecdict

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