hosting, vbl. n. Obs. exc. Hist.
(ˈhəʊstɪŋ)
[f. host v.1]
The raising of a host or armed multitude; hostile encounter or array; formerly, esp. in Ireland, a military expedition.
| 1422 tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. (E.E.T.S.) 204 This Erle a litill afore the forsayd hostynge rode Thomon xl. dayes, the wyche is the moste Inly Streynth of Iryssh of al the land. 1537 Act 28 Hen. VIII in Stat. Irel. (1621) 130 Going, riding or abiding in any hostings, jorney, or rode. 1596 Spenser State Irel. Wks. (Globe) 673/2, I have often hearde, that when the Lord Deputye hath raysed any generall hostinges, the noblemen have claymed the leading of them. 1617 Moryson Itin. ii. 102 The foresaid generall hoasting is a rising out of certaine foote and horse, found by the subject..to assist the Queenes forces. 1667 Milton P.L. vi. 93 Strange to us it seemd At first, that Angel should with Angel warr, And in fierce hosting meet. 1708 J. Philips Cyder (1807) 98 From him, Two branches, that, in hosting, long contend For sov'reign sway. 1715 Act 1 Geo. I Stat. ii. c. 54 §10 The annual Value of the Services, commonly called personal Attendance, hosting, hunting, watching and warding, due by virtue of any Charter..shall be paid in Money annually instead of them. 1884 Low & Pulling Dict. Eng. Hist. s.v. Pale, The small English freeholders were forced to follow the Lord-Deputy in his ‘hostings’. Their abandoned farmsteads were robbed and burnt by English and Irish alike. |
b. attrib.
| 1575 Maitland Scot. Poems 318 My hors, my harnes, and my speir; And all uther, my hoisting geir, Now may be sald. 1577 Holinshed Chron. II. 973/1 The Prince..aduanced forwarde..towarde his enimies, an hosting pace. 1620 Thomas' Lat. Dict., Simplares armaturæ, hosting harnesse. |