Middle English Dictionary Entry
hāling(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | hāling(e ger. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The act of drawing or pulling; (b) process of shrinking, contraction; (c) ~ whippe, a driving whip.
Associated quotations
a
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)223 : Halynge, or drawynge: Tractus.
- (1442) RParl.5.44a : Also that the Shipmen, passyng by the seid streem or water, myght have lafully halyng and drayng be them or their servauntes with lynes.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)93a/a : A posteme..in þe stomake..is I-knowe..bi halinge & strecchinge of þe mouþe of þe stomake.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)96b/a : Hit [Arthetica] is I-knowe..bi strecchinge and halinge & drines of senewis.
c
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Cmb Gg.1.1)346 : De sa riorte [glossed:] haling wippe.
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Cmb Gg.1.1)887 : Si le chareter eit sa riorte [glossed:] haling wippe.