† ˈbroadling, ˈbroadlings, adv. Obs.
In 3 bredlinge, 6 Sc. braid-, breadlingis, 7 bradelings.
[f. broad a. + -lings.]
Broadwise, with the broad or flat side; extended, flat; broadly.
| c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 61 He wile smite bredlinge mid swuerde and brisen, oðer mid egge and cleuen. 1535 Stewart Cron. Scot. II. 119 Wes borne than braidlingis on his bak. a 1605 Bannatyne Jrnl. 173 (Jam.) He straik ane of them breadlingis with his sword. 1606 W. Birnie Kirk-Burial (1833) 20 It brake not in bradelings, but as it were by degrees. a 1701 Sedley Pindar. Ode Wks. (1766) 16 So have I seen the warbling lark..The narrow compass of a cage forget, And broadling o'er a turf in silent pleasure sit. |