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haining, vbl. n. Chiefly Sc.|ˈheɪnɪŋ|
[f. hain v.1 + -ing1.]
Enclosing or preserving; that which encloses or is enclosed; an enclosure.
1535Sc. Acts Jas. V, c. 8 All distroyaris of grenewod be Cutting peling..and siclike of all new hanyngis. Ibid. (1597) c. 9 That euerie man..plant woodde and Forrest, and make hedges, and haning for him selfe, extending to three aickers of land. 1571Burgh Rec. Peebles 25 Apr. (Jam. Supp.), The Vanelaw to be proclamit waist, seute, and hanyng. 1728W. Starrat Epist. in Ramsay's Poems (1877) II. 276 We'll to the haining drive. c1856Denham Tracts (1895) II. 208 A company of hay-makers, whose work in the adjacent haining had been interrupted by a shower.
b. The preserving of grass from cattle.
1733P. Lindsay Interest Scot. 37 By this Way we are deprived of the Benefit of Winter-haining. 1829Glover Hist. Derby I. 203 The laying or shutting up meadows for hay is, in Derbyshire, called hayning.
c. That which is saved; savings.
1823Galt Entail II. 145 (Jam.) My ain lawful jointure and honest hainings.
d. attrib., as haining-time.
1605Burgh Rec. Prestwick 2 Oct. (Jam. Supp.), Vnles the samyn guddis be sufficientlie tedderit in hanyng tyme. |
