† deˈfouling, deˈfoiling, vbl. n. Obs.
[f. defoul v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb defoul: a. Trampling down; b. Violation, deflowering; c. Defiling, pollution, defilement; d. Disfigurement.
| c 1380 Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 200 No defoulynge þerof may askape unpeyned. 1382 ― 2 Sam. xxii. 5 There han envyround me the defoulyngis of deeth. 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. cxxiii. (1495) 685 Defoyllyng of pytche is vneth taken awaye from clothe. 14.. Prose Legends in Anglia VIII. 158 Made dule for defoylinge of chirches. 1440 J. Shirley Dethe K. James (1818) 5 Yn dispusellyng and defowlyng of yong madyns. a 1450 Knt. de la Tour 23 That defoulyng of her uisage. 1483 Cath. Angl. 94 A Defowlynge, conculcacio, pollucio, etc. 1535 Stewart Cron. Scot. II. 124 For the defoulling of his dochter deir. 1548 Hall Chron. 247 b, The bytyng of her tethe..defoulynge of her tayle. |