beavering

Hunting or trapping beaver.

Noun

  1. Hunting or trapping beaver.
    • Thank'ee, Hurry; thank'ee, with all my heart--but I do a little beavering for myself as occasions offer. - 1841, James Fenimore Cooper, The Deerslayer:

Origin

From beaver + -ing.

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of beaver

Derived

beavering away