A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Parking, vbl.n. and n. [e.m.E. (1526).] a. vbl. n. Enclosing, making into a ‘park’ (Park n.) or enclosure. b. n. An enclosure, park. —a. 1533 Boece iv. xvi. 151 b.
Oure persons … in … parking thare forestis ar exercit 1573 Grant Chart. 153. 1600 Acts IV. 228/1.
To remane as commountie … As it wes befoir the ryving out or parking thairof c 1605 Elphinstone Chart. 147.
With … hayneing, parking … of the forrest 1676 M. P. Brown Suppl. Decis. III. 226.
[The Act of 1669] is for encouragement of parking —b. 1666 Corshill Baron Ct. 72.
Or cutting any broome … in or about the saidis yairds or parking
