Middle English Dictionary Entry
teuing(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | teuing(e ger. Also tewing(e, teuhing. |
| Etymology | From teuen v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. tauing ger.
1.
The act or action of tawing an animal skin; the preparation of a skin.
Associated quotations
- (1396) Cart.Whitby in Sur.Soc.72623 : Pro tewyng xiiii pellium luporum..i s. ix d.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)489 : Tew, or tewynge of lethyr: Frunicio.
- c1460 My fayr lady (Hrl 2255)p.201 : Hire skyn is tendyr for to towche, As of an hownd-fyssh or of an hake, Whoos tewhyng hath coost many a crowche, Hire pylche souple for to make.