blackberrying

noun

1. (uncountable)The gathering of blackberries.

   “And the thought of that old time came upon me like a flood — the winter games at the Cedars — the blackberrying and bilberrying upon the sunshiny summer moors […]”

   “When the harvest was over, the nutting and the blackberrying began; […]”

   “At that time there were no built-up areas round Harrow, and during one autumn we gathered enough blackberries for twenty-eight pounds of jam. I enjoyed the blackberrying, but I did not enjoy the walks, which averaged about five miles a day and might be over seven.”

   “In the days of Queen Anne, Dick explains, dissenting sects like the Presbyterians were under a ban and had to educate their children in the fields, behind the blackberry hedges, so in the blackberrying season, the children's lips and cheeks were stained black with the fruit.”

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of blackberry
2. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of BlackBerry