fording

We had, however, lost some time in fording the stream, and we had but the one glimpse of him as the trail curved.

Tish 1916

On the 2d we succeeded, after considerable difficulty, in fording it, still deep and rapid, even at its lowest stage, and left it, passing through a large prairie, and finally halted at the entrance of

Life in the Rocky Mountains 1844

We found no little difficulty in fording it, in consequence of the quick sands of which its bed is composed, giving way so readily beneath the pressure of our feet.

Life in the Rocky Mountains 1844

He laughed at the idea of fording the Potomac, declaring that no living man or horse could stand, much less swim, in the stream.

Border and Bastille 1851

Down below a small herd of mule deer fording the river looked like toy animals.

Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

Down below a small herd of mule deer fording the river looked like toy animals.

Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

The party trudged on, fording swollen rivers and cursing the wretched weather.

George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

As Mattie Ross, the 14-year-old heroine, obsessively pursues her father's killer, she proves to be an almost unbelievably viable outdoorswoman, stoically fording a river on horseback, camping out nightly without complaint, bracing the elements, staring down death.

Avital Binshtock: An Environmentalist's Review of True Grit Avital Binshtock 2011

IKENNE, Nigeria — After driving two hours — skirting truck-size potholes, fording a flooded town and dodging a body — Pieter Swanepoel arrives at a dilapidated farm about 50 miles from Lagos, Nigeria.

Catering to New Tastes as Incomes Climb Will Connors 2011

The party trudged on, fording swollen rivers and cursing the wretched weather.

George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011