What does fording mean?
Definitions for fording
ford·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
ford, fordingnoun
the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse
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fording
Fording Canadian Coal Trust (NYSE: FDG; TSX:FDG) was a Canadian-based royalty trust which owned a 60% stake in the Elk Valley Coal Partnership (EVCP), which in turn produced hard-coking metallurgical coal, primarily for steel production, at its facility in Elk Valley, British Columbia. Through the EVCP it also owned a 46% interest in Neptune Bulk Terminals (Canada) Ltd., which operates a dedicated coal berth at the Port of Vancouver. Its market capitalization was $11-billion USD in 2008.The trust was formed in 2003 to assemble various assets from Luscar Ltd./CONSOL Energy Canada Ltd. joint ventures, Teck Cominco Ltd., and the former Fording Coal Ltd. (which was originally a unit of Canadian Pacific Railway until October 2001).On July 29, 2008, Teck Cominco announced an agreement with Fording to purchase 100% of its assets; Teck Cominco had been the minority owner of the Elk Valley Coal Partnership, with a 40% stake. The purchase was closed on October 30, 2008, with a final cost of $14-billion USD to Teck. Elk Valley Coal Corporation will be renamed Teck Coal Limited.
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fording
Fording refers to the action of crossing a river or stream at a shallow place where there are no bridges or other structures to enable transportation. It involves walking, riding, or driving through the water body. It is commonly used in reference to travel by foot, horse, or in a vehicle.
Webster Dictionary
Fording
of Ford
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
fording
The act of passing over a ford.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
FORDING
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Fording is ranked #70403 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Fording surname appeared 278 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Fording.
91.7% or 255 total occurrences were White.
4.6% or 13 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
2.1% or 6 total occurrences were of two or more races.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of fording in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of fording in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of fording in a Sentence
Rather than end my trip there, I bit the bullet and I decided to stop in at a motel and dry off and warm up, that was kind of a low point. I had tried to do this . . . just like Grandpa Joshua did. Sleeping under the stars, fording the rivers, carrying all my own food.
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