▪ I. shipwrecking, vbl. n.
(ˈʃɪprɛkɪŋ)
[f. shipwreck v. + -ing1.]
A shipwreck.
| 1753 Torriano Gangr. Sore Throat 2 Voyagers..who having happily escaped many Shipwreckings [etc.]. |
▪ II. shipwrecking, ppl. a.
(ˈʃɪprɛkɪŋ)
[f. shipwreck v. + -ing2.]
Causing shipwreck.
| 1605 Shakes. Macb. i. ii. 26 Shipwracking Stormes, and direfull Thunders. 1671 F. Phillips Reg. Necess. 141 Some Ship-racking rock. a 1700 Ken Hymnotheo Poet. Wks. III. 134 Sailers frighted by Shipwrecking Wind. 1865 Swinburne Atalanta 814 Shipwrecking reefs. |