sandcastling
English
Etymology
From sandcastle + -ing.
Noun
sandcastling (uncountable)
- The act of building sandcastles.
- 1981, Allen, Joseph, “Chapter 4: The Art of Sandcastling”, in Sandcastles: The Splendors of Enchantment, Doubleday, →ISBN, pages 61:
- So the first essential ingredient is a dream. Of course, imagination by itself does not suffice. You must acquire the skills to match your dreams—or you will remain a bemused armchair sandcastler, nurturing pipe dreams of unfulfillable glory. / Fortunately the skills required for sandcastling are developed with reasonable ease in a pleasant environment.
- 1982, Shear, Jeffrey; DiPersio, Michael; Schneider, Steven, Castles in the Sand, Putnam Press, →ISBN, pages 9, 26:
- A major principle of sandcastling is always to complete your work on a higher level before proceeding to a lower level. […] Making up your own techniques is not difficult. In fact, the more sandcastling you do, the more you will find your imagination taking over.
- 1994 November 15, Clay, Grady, Real Places: An Unconventional Guide to America's Generic Landscape, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, pages 216, 218:
- These sand castles and other constructions became centerpieces for annual festivals and competitions. “Sandcastling” moved beyond family games for kiddies to become a verb. […] Sandcastling origins, far upstream in time, may go back to Egyptians who, four thousand years ago, made sand replicas of pyramids and monuments. […] Sandcastling now joins a host of other occupations which, increasingly in the 1990s, enliven varied sites with once limited but now expanding artistic activities.
- 2010 February 1, Buckley, Jonathan, The Rough Guide to Venice & the Veneto, Rough Guides UK, →ISBN, Travelling with children:
- In summer you can nip over to the Lido for a paddle and a bout of sandcastling.
Related terms
- sandcastler