taverning

English

Etymology

From tavern +‎ -ing.

Noun

taverning (plural tavernings)

1. (obsolete) A frequenting at taverns.
   • 1597, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in Virgidemiarum, Sixe Bookes. First Three Bookes, of Tooth-lesse Satyrs. […], London: […] Thomas Creede, for Robert Dexter, →OCLC:

     the misrule of our tavernings

References

• “taverning”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• aventring, vernating