0 present participle of sandbag
Sandbagging is necessary as a precautionary measure in these cases.
It is no good merely sandbagging the defences and leaving it at that.
I can go to villages 50 miles from a city to find railway companies still busy sandbagging one corner.
It was they who rescued the people; it was they who dealt with the sandbagging of the river banks, preventing the flooding getting worse.
I have received no reports that the sandbagging at hospitals and first-aid posts has been carried out in such a way as to impede the approach of ambulances.
Likewise, staff from many local authorities were keeping their defences in order, clearing debris from culverts, and sandbagging, saving many properties from the effects of flooding.
The practice of rating a climb below its actual difficulty is known as sandbagging.
Officials will be standing at the 1,000 and 1,320 foot markers to observe if a driver is sandbagging.