Middle English Dictionary Entry
balauncing ger.
Entry Info
Forms | balauncing ger. |
Etymology | Cp. OF balancier hurl. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Hurling shot from a catapult.
Associated quotations
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)3243 : Let leue al þys balaunsyng, & castynge of speres & stones; y-magened y haue a-noþer þyng to conquery þe tour at ones.