mooting
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English motinge, moting, from Old English mōtung, equivalent to moot + -ing.
Noun
mooting (plural mootings)
- The activity of taking part in a moot court.
- William Cobbett
- In this he had been guided, not by the mootings of lawyers, not by the reveries of pamphlets, not by the conversation of coffee-houses, but by the opinions of minds that were fitter to direct than to co-operate with such minds as his.
- William Cobbett
Etymology 2
Verb
mooting