rescuing
verbnounattested in dialogue
The act of effecting a rescue.
verb
- 1
Also a form of rescuepresent participle and gerund of rescue
noun
- 1
The act of effecting a rescue.
Betty — so stout, and with that rheumatism in her leg — did she ever think of herself? Or Aunt Rosamund, with her perpetual rescuings of lost dogs, lame horses, and penniless musicians?
Forms
- plural
- rescuings