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baring, vbl. n.|ˈbɛərɪŋ|
[f. bare v. + -ing1.]
1. The action of laying bare or uncovering; the removal of something so as to leave a bare place.
1601Shakes. All's Well iv. i. 53 Or the baring of my beard. 1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Baring of trees..the taking away some of the earth over the roots. 1847Jeffrey in Ld. Cockburn Life II. Let. 187 These barings of the heart should not be shown except to one's other self.
2. concr. That which is removed in this process; the superficial covering, the top soil.
1871S. Sharp in Archæol. XLIII. 120 (D.) The baring, as it is called by the quarrymen, consists not only of the natural surface soil, but also of the upper soft bed of ferruginous rock. 1873Archæol. XLV. 466 Bodies..buried..in pits sunk in the baring. |