vbl. sb. Obs. [f. LENGTH v. + -ING1.] = LENGTHENING vbl. sb.
c. 1375. Sc. Leg. Saints, xxxvi. (Baptista), 223. Þat tyme of þe ȝere … quhene þat þe dais takis linthynge.
c. 1450. Holland, Howlat, 34. Bot all thar names to nevyn as now it nocht neid is, It war prolixt and lang, and lenthing of space.
1493. Bury Wills (Camden), 85. All the resydew of mony … I wyll jt be bestowyd vpon the lengthyng of the north yle.
1543. Privy Purse Exp. P’cess Mary (1831), 114. Payed to Mabell the goldesmyth for the lenghtyng of a girdle of goldesmyth worke, and a pomandur lxixs.
1595. in Norf. Antiq. Miscell. (1883), II. 330. Pd for the Lengthing of owle bares ijs.
