Category:Sporting

Sport"ing, a.

Defn: of pertaining to, or engaging in, sport or sporrts; exhibiting The character or conduct of one who, or that which, sports. Sporting Book, a book containing a record of bets, gambling operations, and The like. C. Kingsley. -- sporting house, a house frequented by sportsmen, gamblers, and The like. -- sporting man, one who practices field sports; also, a horse Racer, a pugilist, a gambler, or the like. -- sporting plant (bot.), a plant in which a single bud or offset Suddenly assumes a new, and sometimes very different, character from That of the rest of the plant. Darwin.