Spōrt'ing, p. a.

p. a. Pertaining or relating to, or engaging in, sport or sports, or the act of one who, or that which, sports. Sporting-book, a book containing a record of bets, &c. 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, and the like.—Sporting-plant (Bot.), a single bud or off-set, which suddenly assumes a new, and sometimes very different character from that of the rest of the plant. Darwin.