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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1375, 1540-1549, 1650
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Falding, vbl. n.1 [ME. foldynge (c 1440).] a. Giving way. b. Folding; a set of folds. c. (Meaning obscure.) —1375 Barb. xiii. 632.
Lo! quhat falding [E. fading] in fortoune isb. c1540 Lynd. Syde Taillis 95.
Than, quhen thay step furth throw the streit, Thare faldingis flappis about thair feit 1549 Treasurer's Accounts IX. 324.
To vj tailȝeour childer … for thair labouris in sonnyng, falding, and paking up of the samyn [tapestry]c. c1650 Spalding I. 186.
The lord Fraser wes said to have foull favldinges [marg. faldingis]; he wan away
