| 释义 |
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.
1422tr. 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. 1537Act 28 Hen. VIII in Stat. Irel. (1621) 130 Going, riding or abiding in any hostings, jorney, or rode. 1596Spenser 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. 1617Moryson 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. 1667Milton P.L. vi. 93 Strange to us it seemd At first, that Angel should with Angel warr, And in fierce hosting meet. 1708J. Philips Cyder (1807) 98 From him, Two branches, that, in hosting, long contend For sov'reign sway. 1715Act 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. 1884Low & 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.
1575Maitland Scot. Poems 318 My hors, my harnes, and my speir; And all uther, my hoisting geir, Now may be sald. 1577Holinshed Chron. II. 973/1 The Prince..aduanced forwarde..towarde his enimies, an hosting pace. 1620Thomas' Lat. Dict., Simplares armaturæ, hosting harnesse. |