† meadingn.
Obsolete. rare.
Land used or suitable for the cultivation of grass; = meadowing n. 1.
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leasowc950
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meadOE
meadowOE
meadowlandOE
mead ground1453
meadow ground1523
meading1560
meadowing1560
land-mead1577
1560 in F. G. Emmison Essex Wills (1982) (modernized text) I. 26 To Robert 3 roods of meading in Baddow Mead abutting on Hege Acre.
1589 in F. G. Emmison Essex Wills (1998) (modernized text) XI. 61 To my wife 2 parcels of copyhold land, viz. 1½ acres of ‘meading’ in..Baddow..Mead.
1592 in F. G. Emmison Essex Wills (1998) (modernized text) XI. 71 I will that my 1½ acres of meading in..Baddow..Mead..shall be sold.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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