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treeing

treeing

8.8
To drive an animal up a tree, often by hunting dogs
  • noun
  • Jargon
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  • After a long day of training, the hounds were praised for their excellent treeing skills while pursuing a fox.

Examples

  • Hunters praised the dog's skill in treeing a fox quickly and safely.

  • The hounds are trained for treeing raccoons during the hunt.

  • Successful treeing requires dogs to work together and follow the animal's scent.

  • The dog is excellent at treeing raccoons.

  • I witnessed a thrilling treeing event last weekend.

  • During the hunt, the experienced dog quickly began treeing, driving the raccoon up the trunk.

  • The guide explained how treeing is an essential instinct for hunting dogs to catch their prey.

How High

treeing
  • Jargon
8.8
canopying
8.2
to zipline
  • US
1 4.0
hiking
89 1.1
walking
337 1.0

Surface Forms

treeing singular
treeings plural

Morphology

treeing = tree (transparent) = tree + ing

Standard gerund/participle formation from the verb 'tree' meaning 'to drive up a tree', so the action is directly expressed.

Etymology

Treeing comes from the simple word tree, the plant with branches. In hunting, to 'tree' an animal means to force it up into a tree, so treeing is the act of driving a fox or raccoon into the branches.