swan-up|ping

swan-up|ping
swan-up|ping «SWON UHP ihng, SWN-», noun. British.
1. the act or practice of taking up swans and marking them with nicks on the beak in token of being owned by the Crown or somebody chartered by the Crown.
2. the annual expedition to do this on the Thames, carried out under the aegis of the sovereign.
[< swan1 + upping, gerund of up, verb]

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