[f. VAN sb.3] a. The action of conveying in a van. b. Travelling or touring in a van; caravanning.
1892. Athenæum, 15 Oct., 509/2. In 1836 came the affair of Elis, of whose ‘vanning’ so much has been made, though Eclipse had been conveyed in a van … from Epsom … about fifty years before.
1910. Times, 21 July, 8/5. This famous caravan [sc. the ‘Wanderer’]—the pioneer of ‘vanning’ as a pastime for health and pleasure—is … to be sold by auction.
