[f. ASSAIL v. + -ING1.] The action of attacking, assault.
1340. Ayenb., 117. We ne moȝe naȝt … þolye þe assylinges of þe dyeule.
c. 1425. Wyntoun, Cron., VIII. xxvi. 333. Wyth stout and manlyk assaylyng.
1598. Barret, Theor. Warres, V. ii. 131. By a long and gallant assailling, it fall at last into the enemies hands.
1630. Naunton, Fragm. Reg. (Arb.), 36. Why she should then admit him to private discourse … considering the condition of all assailings … was a piece of reach and hazard beyond my apprehension.
1815. Lamb, Life & Lett., x. (1840), 96. Jove … tottering with the giant assailings.
