tranation

English

Etymology

From Latin tranare, transnare (“to swim over”), from trans (“across, over”) + nare (“to swim”).

Noun

tranation (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, rare) The act of swimming over.
    • 1654, Edmund Gayton, Pleasant Notes Upon Don Quixot:
      In his Tranation he lookt about, and saw under him (though a farre off) his Lord upon Rosinante, no bigger than a Toad upon a Ducking-stoole.

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