ˈdubbing, vbl. n.1
[f. dub v.1 + -ing1.]
The action of the verb dub1.
1. The conferring of knighthood; investment with a dignity or title.
| a 1300 K. Horn 438 Help me to kniȝte Bi al þine miȝte, To my lord þe king, Þat he me ȝiue dubbing. c 1315 Shoreham 15 A prince longeth for to do The gode knyȝtes dobbynge. c 1440 York Myst. xxvi. 7. 1586 J. Ferne Blaz. Gentrie 152 The ordering of dubbings and creations of Knights or Esquires. 1611 in Gutch Collect. Cur. I. 101 All Bachelor Knights of more puny dubbing. 1676 Marvell Mr. Smirke 2 The Dubbing or Creating of Witts. |
† 2. Attire, dress, array. Obs.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 28032 Quen þai see your dubbing ware [i.e. attiring gear]. c 1400 A. Davy Dreams 76 Boþe hij hadden a newe dubbyng; Hure gray was her cloþing. |
3. Angling. The dressing of an artificial fly; concr. the materials used in the process.
| 1676 Cotton Walton's Angler ii. 300 To teach you..of what dubbing you are to make the several flies. 1799 G. Smith Laboratory II. 290 The dubbing of the fur of a black spaniel. 1867 F. Francis Angling vi. (1880) 214 note, The dubbing..of which the fly is composed. |
4. A preparation of grease for softening leather and rendering it waterproof. Also dubbin. Hence ˈdubbin v. trans., to apply dubbin to; ˈdubbined ppl. a., treated with dubbin.
| 1781 J. Ripley Orig. Lett. 23 Take currier's dubbing, and anoint his sores. 1819 Rees Cycl. XX, The hide or skin is then conveyed to the shade or drying-place, where the oily substances are applied, termed stuffing or dubbing. 1825 Jamieson, Dubbin, the liquor used by curriers for softening leather, composed of tallow and oil. 1855 J. Davies in Trans. Philol. Soc. 230 Dubbin, a kind of paste used by shoemakers. 1875 Ure's Dict. Arts III. 96 The dubbing..is composed of tallow, brought to a soft plastic condition by being melted and mixed with cod-liver oil. 1896 Price List, Prout's Dubbin. 1896 J. K. Snowden Web of Old Weaver vii. 77, I was seeking a pot of dubbin on the top shelf of her cupboard. 1897 C. T. Davis Manuf. Leather (ed. 2) xxx. 463 Dubbin them again and lay them by for a day or two. 1899 M. Cobbett Bottled Holidays 147 An omnibus odorous of freely-dubbined boots. 1909 C. E. Benson Brit. Mountaineering ii. 30 Dubbin..keeps them [sc. boots] supple, and prevents the leather perishing. a 1918 [see blanco]. 1967 Listener 30 Nov. 702/2 Tommy grew up in the Gorbals, dubbining his football boots with bacon fat. |
5. a. Working timber with an adze. b. dubbing-out (Plastering): see quot. 1842–76.
| 1823 P. Nicholson Pract. Build. 379 The expenses of dubbing-out. 1842–76 Gwilt Archit. Gloss., Dubbing-out ..the bringing of an uneven surface in a wall to a plane, by pieces of tile, slate, or the like, before it is plastered over. c 1850 Rudim. Navig. 116 Dubbing, working with an adze. |
6. attrib.
| a 1300 [see 2]. a 1400 Octouian 1274 Seuen dayes ylyke hyt leste, The bredale and the dubbyng feste. 1864 Webster, Dubbing-tool, a tool for paring down to an even surface. 1883 Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 51, Lines, Fly Books, and Dubbing Books. |