In the first place, there has been a very persistent tonging on a somewhat limited area.
The oystermen of that section have agreed to abstain from tonging for native oysters upon the portion of the flat thus reserved until sufficient time has elapsed to justify an opinion as to the result of the experiment.
This was important because oyster dredging could be carried on in rough weather when tonging would be impractical.
Tonging sharpies with racing rigs were said to have sailed in smooth water at speeds of 15 and 16 knots.
Some racing sharpies had deeper sterns thantonging boats, a feature that produced a faster boat by reducing the amount of bottom camber.
Sometimes, when the wind was light, tonging was performed while the boat drifted slowly downwind with sails fluttering.
Since oyster tonging was never carried on in heavy weather, it was by chance rather than intent that the seaworthiness of this New Haven tonging boat was discovered.
Oyster tonging sharpies were raced, and often a sharpie of this type was built especially for racing.
These craft were built to be used in the then-important New Haven oyster fishery that was carried on, for the most part, by tonging in shallow water.
There is a case on record in which a tonging sharpie rescued the crew of a coasting schooner at Branford, Connecticut, during a severe gale, after other boats had proved unable to approach the wreck.
He ran it for three years, canoeing and tonging in the fog"--Haley winked significantly.
Some fellow'll find his week's tongingof oysters gone, when he looks for them.
A few of these craft were already engaged in tonging for oysters, in a strip of the bay just south of Barren Island, where the water shoaled to a depth of only one fathom.
A muddy bottom is usually preferable, as a firm, hard soil increases the labor of manipulating the tongs, which are used in the same manner as in tonging oysters.
Tonging is carried on in the small coves and inlets, where there is little if any rough water.
Flat scows, 25 by 10 feet, are generally used for this work, as they afford excellent footing for the oysterman in tonging and plenty of room for the oysters.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "tonging" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
