Middle English Dictionary Entry
ragging(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | ragging(e ger. |
| Etymology | ?Blend of rigging(e ger. & rag(ge n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
?The rigging of a ship; ?the process of preparing or outfitting a ship for sailing.
Associated quotations
- (1358-9) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 384 : De c li., rec' de Willelmo de Rothewell..vijo die Julij, anno xxixo, super le ragging diuersarum nauium Regis.
- (1359) *Pipe Roll (PRO) 38 Edw.III m.47 dorso [OD col.] : De xij li. xij s. j d. ob. receptis..super la raggynge iiijor Nauium Regis.