'Swan-hopping' definitions:

Definition of 'Swan-hopping'

From: GCIDE
  • Swan-hopping \Swan"-hop`ping\, n. A corruption of Swan-upping. [Eng.] --Encyc. Brit. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'swan-hopping'

From: GCIDE
  • Swan-upping \Swan"-up`ping\, n. A yearly expedition on the Thames to take up young swans and mark them, as by Companies of Dyers and Vintners; -- called also swan-hopping. [Eng.] --Encyc. Brit. [1913 Webster]