heggyng
Middle English
Alternative forms
- hegyng, heggynge, hegging, heggeyng, hegginge, hedgyng, hechinge, heching
Etymology
From hegge + -ing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɛdʒinɡ/
Noun
heggyng
- The process of fixing or building a hedge or a fortification.
- (rare) A hedge or boundary fence that looks like a hedge.
- (rare) A bounded-off area.
Descendants
- English: hedging
- Scots: hedging (obsolete)
References
- “heǧǧing(e (ger.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-24.