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.

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