heggyng

Middle English

Alternative forms

• hegyng, heggynge, hegging, heggeyng, hegginge, hedgyng, hechinge, heching

Etymology

From hegge +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛdʒinɡ/

Noun

heggyng

1. The process of fixing or building a hedge or a fortification.
2. (rare) A hedge or boundary fence that looks like a hedge.
3. (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.