Present participle of bouse; the act of drinking heavily or hauling ropes.
Regular gerund formation from bouse using the -ing suffix, creating a noun or verb form describing the ongoing action.
The phrase 'bousing and carousing' became a rhyming pair in English literature, making bousing famous through alliteration in descriptions of maritime revelry.
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