Middle English Dictionary Entry
bōring ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | bōring ger. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The act of piercing or boring; perforation, hole.
Associated quotations
- (c1420) Mem.Bk.York in Sur.Soc.120199 : Artifices de bowercrafte..pro bendyng cujuslibet centene [of bows] v s..pro penetracione (anglice boryng) mille cornuum xv d.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)44 : Borynge or percynge: Perforacio, cavatura.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)353/128,146 : This boryng muste all be amende..Ther cordis haue evill encressed his paynes, Or he wer tille þe booryngis brought.