expediˈtation Hist.
Also 6 expeditacion.
[ad. med.L. expeditātiōn-em, n. of action f. expeditāre: see expeditate.]
The action of ‘expeditating’ or ‘lawing’ a dog.
| 1502 Chart. Forests in Arnolde Chron. (1811) 209 Fro hens⁓forth be ther noo one taken for expeditacion of houndis. a 1693 Ashmole Antiq. Berks. (1719) II. 425 The king granted to him..Freedom from Expeditation of Dogs. 1768 Blackstone Comm. III. 72 The Court of regard..holden..for the lawing or expeditation of mastiffs. 1885 M. Collins in Eng. Illust. Mag. 586/1 These permitted dogs had to suffer expeditation. |