pouncing

The art or practice of transferring a design by means of pounce.

Noun

  1. The art or practice of transferring a design by means of pounce.
  2. Decorative perforation of cloth.
  3. A sudden leap, as of an animal when it pounces.
    • Her driver was new to the country; he mightn't be prepared for the leaping of the yellow water down dry arroyos, swift as the pouncings of a cat, or the snake-like slidings of tons of loosened rock and clay from the...

Forms

pouncings

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of pounce