The process of hunting for pearls.
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pearling
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for pearling.
Editorial note
They're classic 1950s twin-engined amphibious aircraft that landed anywhere up and down the Kimberley Coast for pearling transfers.
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Quick take
The process of hunting for pearls.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of pearling gathered in one view.
The process by which grain is pearled.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for pearling.
noun
The process of hunting for pearls.
noun
The process by which grain is pearled.
Example sentences
They're classic 1950s twin-engined amphibious aircraft that landed anywhere up and down the Kimberley Coast for pearling transfers.
One of my biggest problems was pearling (where the front of the board dives below the water while catching a wave).
I have to bombard my aquarium with powerful lights and co2 injection to get some pearling (oxygen bubbles).
One of my favourite planes were the Grumman Mallards still owned and operated by Paspaley Pearling out of Mungalalu Truscott and other Kimberley airbases.
No in this case it was just the pearling.
There were mistakes making the actual project, occasional extra loops that I eliminated by knitting or pearling two at once in the next row (wherever I thought it was a good spot).
These are all examples of human exploration in my lifetime, the kind of thing that inspires you to hitch a ride on a pearling lugger and shoot the horizontal falls in a home made sea kayak, scope out the tower in Sydney for the Chris Hilton climb *, cross the NZ south island and Tasmania on foot and all manner of fun things still left in the world.
Many years ago, before I was twenty, I hitched a ride on a pearling boat with a sea kayak to shoot the horizontal falls in the Kimberley (Western Australia) which was then (~1980) unvisited and well off even the remote adventure tourism tracks although much better known now [1][2].
Frequently asked questions
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How do you use pearling in a sentence?
They're classic 1950s twin-engined amphibious aircraft that landed anywhere up and down the Kimberley Coast for pearling transfers.
What does pearling mean?
The process of hunting for pearls.
What part of speech is pearling?
pearling is commonly used as noun.