DOCKING

Docking

Docking is the removal of portions of an animal's tail. While docking and bobbing are more commonly used to refer to removal of the tail, the term cropping is used in reference to the ears. Tail docking occurs in one of two ways. The first involves constricting the blood supply to the tail with a rubber ligature for a few days until the tail falls off. The second involves the severance of the tail with surgical scissors or a scalpel. The tail is amputated at the dock.

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docking

Noun

  1. The process of cutting off or trimming the tail or ears of an animal.
  2. The securing of a vessel to the quayside with cables
  3. (spacecraft) The process of connecting one spacecraft to another.
  4. The sex act of pressing one's penis into the foreskin of another.

Verb

docking



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