ˈbawding, vbl. n. arch. or Obs.
[f. bawd v.2 + -ing1.]
The practice of a bawd.
| 1676 Shadwell Virtuoso iv. Wks. I. 381 Their very art of..adorning women is implicit bawding. 1688 E. Ravenscroft Lond. Cuckolds 27 Formerly stil'd Bawding and Pimping..it is now a modish piece of service only. |