1886 County Gentleman 11 Sept. 1164/1 There is a good deal of dinnering going on among our legislators just now… On Wednesday they dine in parties. On Saturdays they go a-weekending among the merry brown birds.

1887 County Gentleman 10 Sept. 1215/3 Sir William, of the palatial ship, sailed away to Spain after his Cowes excursion, so his week-endings will be missed.

1898 A. R. H. Moncrieff Guide to Devonshire (ed. 16) 85 (advt.) Exceptionally moderate terms, also cheap week endings.

1906 B. Vaughan Sins of Society 66 You see ‘week-endings’ have become part of the British Constitution, and nowadays everybody who is anybody has to be out of town in the season, say from Saturday to Tuesday.

1924 H. L. Mencken Let. 14 Oct. (1987) 170 I am due at West Chester, Pa., to visit Hergesheiver, on Saturday and Sunday... Then no more week-ending until the Spring.

1954 Jet 24 June 47 He talked members into weekending at White Horse Lodge in the Catskills.

1980 Backpacker Apr. 74/1 If most of your backpacking is weekending, the additional bulk and weight of synthetic insulation is little,..penalty.

2005 Independent 7 June 29/2 Nothing scores more points than weekending in the Hamptons.

1932 Huntingdon (Pa.) Daily News 22 Apr. 4/5 A good many of the playboys and girls manage to accomplish this with all the earnest enthusiasm of a week-ending Cornell freshman.

1947 J. Hayward Prose Lit. since 1939 36 The Long Week-end—an ironical title which only the ‘week-ending’ Englishman will appreciate.

1973 A. Grey Some put their Trust in Chariots xiii. 72 Weekending French families setting out in their saloons for the countryside.

2005 Olive Mar. 100/3 Contemporary, simple and light food that's going down well with weekending townies.