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present participle and gerund of pounce examples
countable and uncountable, plural pouncings
The art or practice of transferring a design by means of pounce. examples
Decorative perforation of cloth. examples
A sudden leap, as of an animal when it pounces. quotations examples
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 steep potreros […]
1931, Mary Hunter Austin, Starry Adventure, page 274