See Also: Sporting(medicine)
sporting(1)(dictionary)
sporting(2)(dictionary)
sporting(dictionary)

sporting(2) (iou)



sporting noun. LME.
[from SPORT verb + -ING1.]
The action of SPORT verb, participation in sport; amusement; recreation; (now rare or obsolete) an instance of this. LME.
The spontaneous producing by a plant (or formerly, by an animal, or by nature) of an abnormal form or variety; an instance of this, = SPORT noun 5. (Earliest in sporting of nature below.) L17.
sporting of nature = LUSUS naturae (cf. sport of nature s.v. SPORT noun).
Attrib. & comb.: In the sense 'concerned with or suitable for sport', as sporting association, sporting dog, sporting equipment, sporting event, etc. Special combs., as sporting editor US a sports editor; sporting house (a) a house or inn frequented by sportsmen; (b) US a brothel; sporting picture, sporting print: depicting a scene from a hunt or other field sport.