Middle English Dictionary Entry
strā̆king ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | strā̆king ger. |
| Etymology | From strā̆ken v.(2). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
One of several prolonged hunting calls on a horn, sounded at the end of a hunt or on the journey home; also, the blowing of such a call.
Associated quotations
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)110 : Þis maner of strakyng shuld serue in wise as I haue rehersed for alle huntynges save whan þe hert is slayn wiþ strength.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)111 : Saue þe blowyng of þe price and the strakyng and þe meue but þe abay shuld abyde to þe quyrrey be don.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)112 : Alle oþer hunters shal strake þe comon strakyng as is aboue deuysed.