ˈbawding,vbl.n.arch. or Obs. [f. bawd v.2 + -ing1.] The practice of a bawd. 1676Shadwell Virtuoso iv. Wks. I. 381 Their very art of..adorning women is implicit bawding.1688E. Ravenscroft Lond. Cuckolds 27 Formerly stil'd Bawding and Pimping..it is now a modish piece of service only.