airingn.

Brit.

/ˈɛːrɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈɛrɪŋ/

Forms: see air v. and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: air v., -ing suffix¹; air n.¹, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: Partly < air v. + -ing suffix¹, and partly < air n.¹ + -ing suffix¹.

1. The action of exposing to the air, esp. to fresh or warm air in order to ventilate or dry; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > [noun] > exposure to fresh air

airing1587

1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) i. xv. 95/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I The auoiding of such infection as may otherwise ingender by his long abode in one place, for want of due purgation and airing of his house.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Ventilation, a winnowing, or airing in the wind.

1612 B. Jonson Alchemist i. i. sig. B3^v Hee'll send such word, for ayring o' the house.

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §343 To discharge some of the superfluous moisture..they require Airing.

1714 E. Ward Field-spy 33 O'ercharg'd with Guzzle, step'd into the Ditch, To give a needful airing to his Britch, Which Object prov'd offensive, I suppose.

?1757 A. Woodfin Hist. Sally Sable I. 263 She had two Rooms to let; one a Lodger had quitted the Day before, so it wanted no airing.

1792 J. Anderson Contin. Lett. Culture of Silk 10 A greater attention to the neatness and airing of the house.

1823 W. Tennant Cardinal Beaton iv. ii. 111 Unroll thy carpets and thy velvet bolsters; Give them an airing on the window-sill.

1840 Times 25 Nov. 4/4 The heat and exhalations compel the labouring classes to pay such a moderate attention to the airing and cleaning of their lodgings as may partially diminish the chances of danger to the public.

1861 Amer. Agriculturist Jan. 21/3 If it gets opened twice a year for airing and cleaning, it is very genteel doings.

1908 Times 29 Dec. 4/5 No airing or ‘through~blow’ is possible in a..flat where the openings are all on one side.

1947 R. Bedichek Adventures with Texas Naturalist xxii. 279 The soiled page gives place to a fresh one with no fingerprints on it, exhaling a wind-washed odor as of bedclothes just in from a thorough airing.

2003 J. Flanders Victorian House (2004) iv. 130 Airing was rarely neglected: many illnesses were feared to come from damp sheets and clothes.

a. The action of exercising animals in the open air; an instance of this.Originally used chiefly of horses, but later also of dogs and other domesticated animals.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [noun] > exercising horses in the open air

airing1593

schooling1753

1593 G. Markham Disc. Horsmanshippe iii. sig. G3^v Ryde out your Horse euery night, two howers after Sunne sette, & abide abroade with him three howres at the least, not exceeding foote-pace, which we call night ayrings.

1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husbandry i. i. i. 9 Let him [sc. the horse] haue much moderate exercise, as morning and euening airings.

1615 G. Markham Countrey Contentments i. vii. 103 Touching ayring or walking of grey-hounds,..it must dewlie be done euerie morning before sunne-rise.

a1687 C. Cotton Poems (1689) 93 He who unbidden us'd to gambol, Can now nor prance, nor trot, nor amble, Nor stir a foot to take his airing, But stands stiff froze, like that at Charing.

1701 R. Howlett School of Recreation (new ed.) 22 Airing or other moderate Exercises will serve.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) It is from long airings that we are to expect to bring a horse to a perfect wind.

1772 C. Hughes Compl. Horseman 31 If you find he flags, you may suffer him to bear a little more on the bit, than you would do in an airing.

1814 F. Burney Wanderer III. vi. liii. 275 Not only the spoilt child, but the favourite dog was put under her superintendence; and she was instructed to take charge of the airings and exercise of Bijou.

1829 J. Lawrence Horse in all his Varieties & Uses xvi. 95 The loose standing is not only beneficial to hard worked horses, but to those which are high fed and do little, their airings and exercise also being neglected.

a1890 D. Boucicault Flying Scud in A. Nicoll & F. T. Cloak Forbidden Fruit & Other Plays (1940) i. i. 157 I'm just going to look after the stable lads; they've got the horses out for an airing.

1909 Post & Paddock 22 Nov. 1/3 Their denunciations of horses ‘not trying’, being ‘out for an airing’, or ‘not on the job’ on every occasion when their speculations go wrong.

1939 F. H. O'Hara Today in Amer. Drama ii. 71 One winter night the old man takes the dog to the roof for an airing.

2000 Times 6 Oct. (Ski 2001 Suppl.) 11/1 The cows were on the meadows for their first airing of spring, the fields were sprinkled with gentian and cowslips.

b. A walk or ride outdoors to take air or exercise.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > outing or excursion > [noun]

airing1607

tour1656

excursion1699

scheme1758

out1762

visit1800

outing1821

day out1822

day trip1838

spin1856

ta-ta1886

the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > [noun] > exposure to fresh air > (an outing for) a breath of fresh air

airing1607

blow1849

pipe-opener1859

1607 J. Day et al. Trauailes Three Eng. Brothers sig. G3 According to this my warrant heere, I must this morning fetch my prisoner to ayring.

1630 P. Massinger Picture sig. M How do you like Your ayring?

1694 N. H. Ladies Dict. 435/2 Now suppose the young Man should be as good as his word, and resolve to give his Wife an Airing in the country.

1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 18 To give their Ladies an Airing in the Summer season.

1770 in Lett. James Murray (1901) 130 Wednesday her coach and chaise was tackled for us to take an airing and see all the curiositys of Kelso.

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1782 II. 429 He frequently attended him in airings.

a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) I. ix. 147 I hope you have had a pleasant airing .

1836 F. Marryat Japhet III. xxii. 269 You would have no objection to take an airing in the carriage.

1878 T. Hardy Return of Native I. ii. iii. 264 She took an airing twice or thrice a day upon the Egdon hills.

1934 D. Thomas Let. Jan. (1987) 85 Or perhaps I go out, & spend the afternoon in walking alone over the very desolate Gower cliffs, communing with the cold and the quietness. I call this taking my devils for an airing.

1978 B. Bainbridge Young Adolf (1979) xxvii. 138 Bridget decided to take the baby to the park on Sunday afternoon for an airing.

1995 Field Mar. 13/3 Shoots here are ‘politically correct’; the guns' wives who have been beating join the guns for lunch and then motivate the more slothful ones for an afternoon's airing.

3. The action of exposing something to public notice or expressing an idea or opinion in public; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > exposure to public view > [noun]

exposurea1616

insolation1655

airing1832

1832 A. Cunningham Maid of Elvar xi. 187 The bridal fairing Is one that must be worth my daughter's wearing..we'll give't an airing At kirk and market.

1871 G. Meredith Harry Richmond I. x. 166 I really felt that I was justified in giving my irritability an airing.

1884 Eng. Illustr. Mag. 1 440 It was little more than scientific gossip, and the occasional airing of certain theories.

1893 F. E. W. Harper Iola Leroy (1988) xv. 135 As a matter of course, in speaking of his servants, he gave Jack's sins an airing.

1919 Times 3 June 15/4 The plays served all these purposes, and they could be used too for the airing of the scholars' grievances.

1960 Housewife Apr. 10/2 The Editor..considers very few subjects indeed too ‘minority’ or too apparently trivial to be given a sensible airing.

1983 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 23 Apr. There will be a full public airing of what caused at least 28 suspicious deaths at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children.

2002 Time Out N.Y. 20 June 71/2 White D3 gets trancey upstairs, two-step garage gets a street-level airing at this lounge, with beatmasters S. M. L., Bone-Bon and guests on the decks.

4. A broadcast of a television or radio programme; the transmission of such a broadcast.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > broadcasting > television > [noun] > a television broadcast

telecast1928

airing1933

1933 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 5 Dec. 7/2 Last year..the club was heard over the air waves..but Saturday's ‘airing’ will be the first since the club attained state honors.

1965 Listener 25 Nov. 874/3 An informative and lively series which could certainly stand another airing.

1993 USA Weekend 11 July 22/3 Speed already has attracted new fans, thanks to MTV's airing of old episodes.

2006 Time Out N.Y. 16 Nov. 177/4 This supposedly controversial show finally gets an airing—and turns out to be neat, normalizing and worshipfully hushed.

Compounds

airing cupboard n. chiefly British a cupboard for airing linen and clothing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > airing cupboard

hot cupboard1820

airing cupboard1883

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > cupboard or cabinet > [noun] > airing

hot cupboard1820

airing cupboard1883

hot press1962

1883 Times 13 May 14/3 (advt.) Containing dining, drawing room,..dressing and bath room, airing cupboard with stove [etc.].

1917 A. Waugh Loom of Youth i. vii. 82 The School House changing-room... In the far corner there was an airing cupboard.

1958 Times 2 June ix/3 An immersion heater... Small and compact, it is particularly suitable for fitting in an airing cupboard.

2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 23 Jan. v. 6/5 The soap makers have branched out of the bathroom. There are candle replicas of the famous soap cube..; incense sticks; linen water for airing cupboards.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	airing
释义	airingn. Brit. /ˈɛːrɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈɛrɪŋ/ Forms: see air v. and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: air v., -ing suffix¹; air n.¹, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: Partly < air v. + -ing suffix¹, and partly < air n.¹ + -ing suffix¹. 1. The action of exposing to the air, esp. to fresh or warm air in order to ventilate or dry; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > [noun] > exposure to fresh air airing1587 1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) i. xv. 95/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I The auoiding of such infection as may otherwise ingender by his long abode in one place, for want of due purgation and airing of his house. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Ventilation, a winnowing, or airing in the wind. 1612 B. Jonson Alchemist i. i. sig. B3^v Hee'll send such word, for ayring o' the house. View more context for this quotation 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §343 To discharge some of the superfluous moisture..they require Airing. 1714 E. Ward Field-spy 33 O'ercharg'd with Guzzle, step'd into the Ditch, To give a needful airing to his Britch, Which Object prov'd offensive, I suppose. ?1757 A. Woodfin Hist. Sally Sable I. 263 She had two Rooms to let; one a Lodger had quitted the Day before, so it wanted no airing. 1792 J. Anderson Contin. Lett. Culture of Silk 10 A greater attention to the neatness and airing of the house. 1823 W. Tennant Cardinal Beaton iv. ii. 111 Unroll thy carpets and thy velvet bolsters; Give them an airing on the window-sill. 1840 Times 25 Nov. 4/4 The heat and exhalations compel the labouring classes to pay such a moderate attention to the airing and cleaning of their lodgings as may partially diminish the chances of danger to the public. 1861 Amer. Agriculturist Jan. 21/3 If it gets opened twice a year for airing and cleaning, it is very genteel doings. 1908 Times 29 Dec. 4/5 No airing or ‘through~blow’ is possible in a..flat where the openings are all on one side. 1947 R. Bedichek Adventures with Texas Naturalist xxii. 279 The soiled page gives place to a fresh one with no fingerprints on it, exhaling a wind-washed odor as of bedclothes just in from a thorough airing. 2003 J. Flanders Victorian House (2004) iv. 130 Airing was rarely neglected: many illnesses were feared to come from damp sheets and clothes. 2. a. The action of exercising animals in the open air; an instance of this.Originally used chiefly of horses, but later also of dogs and other domesticated animals. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [noun] > exercising horses in the open air airing1593 schooling1753 1593 G. Markham Disc. Horsmanshippe iii. sig. G3^v Ryde out your Horse euery night, two howers after Sunne sette, & abide abroade with him three howres at the least, not exceeding foote-pace, which we call night ayrings. 1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husbandry i. i. i. 9 Let him [sc. the horse] haue much moderate exercise, as morning and euening airings. 1615 G. Markham Countrey Contentments i. vii. 103 Touching ayring or walking of grey-hounds,..it must dewlie be done euerie morning before sunne-rise. a1687 C. Cotton Poems (1689) 93 He who unbidden us'd to gambol, Can now nor prance, nor trot, nor amble, Nor stir a foot to take his airing, But stands stiff froze, like that at Charing. 1701 R. Howlett School of Recreation (new ed.) 22 Airing or other moderate Exercises will serve. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) It is from long airings that we are to expect to bring a horse to a perfect wind. 1772 C. Hughes Compl. Horseman 31 If you find he flags, you may suffer him to bear a little more on the bit, than you would do in an airing. 1814 F. Burney Wanderer III. vi. liii. 275 Not only the spoilt child, but the favourite dog was put under her superintendence; and she was instructed to take charge of the airings and exercise of Bijou. 1829 J. Lawrence Horse in all his Varieties & Uses xvi. 95 The loose standing is not only beneficial to hard worked horses, but to those which are high fed and do little, their airings and exercise also being neglected. a1890 D. Boucicault Flying Scud in A. Nicoll & F. T. Cloak Forbidden Fruit & Other Plays (1940) i. i. 157 I'm just going to look after the stable lads; they've got the horses out for an airing. 1909 Post & Paddock 22 Nov. 1/3 Their denunciations of horses ‘not trying’, being ‘out for an airing’, or ‘not on the job’ on every occasion when their speculations go wrong. 1939 F. H. O'Hara Today in Amer. Drama ii. 71 One winter night the old man takes the dog to the roof for an airing. 2000 Times 6 Oct. (Ski 2001 Suppl.) 11/1 The cows were on the meadows for their first airing of spring, the fields were sprinkled with gentian and cowslips. b. A walk or ride outdoors to take air or exercise. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > outing or excursion > [noun] airing1607 tour1656 excursion1699 scheme1758 out1762 visit1800 outing1821 day out1822 day trip1838 spin1856 ta-ta1886 the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > [noun] > exposure to fresh air > (an outing for) a breath of fresh air airing1607 blow1849 pipe-opener1859 1607 J. Day et al. Trauailes Three Eng. Brothers sig. G3 According to this my warrant heere, I must this morning fetch my prisoner to ayring. 1630 P. Massinger Picture sig. M How do you like Your ayring? 1694 N. H. Ladies Dict. 435/2 Now suppose the young Man should be as good as his word, and resolve to give his Wife an Airing in the country. 1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 18 To give their Ladies an Airing in the Summer season. 1770 in Lett. James Murray (1901) 130 Wednesday her coach and chaise was tackled for us to take an airing and see all the curiositys of Kelso. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1782 II. 429 He frequently attended him in airings. a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) I. ix. 147 I hope you have had a pleasant airing . View more context for this quotation 1836 F. Marryat Japhet III. xxii. 269 You would have no objection to take an airing in the carriage. 1878 T. Hardy Return of Native I. ii. iii. 264 She took an airing twice or thrice a day upon the Egdon hills. 1934 D. Thomas Let. Jan. (1987) 85 Or perhaps I go out, & spend the afternoon in walking alone over the very desolate Gower cliffs, communing with the cold and the quietness. I call this taking my devils for an airing. 1978 B. Bainbridge Young Adolf (1979) xxvii. 138 Bridget decided to take the baby to the park on Sunday afternoon for an airing. 1995 Field Mar. 13/3 Shoots here are ‘politically correct’; the guns' wives who have been beating join the guns for lunch and then motivate the more slothful ones for an afternoon's airing. 3. The action of exposing something to public notice or expressing an idea or opinion in public; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > exposure to public view > [noun] exposurea1616 insolation1655 airing1832 1832 A. Cunningham Maid of Elvar xi. 187 The bridal fairing Is one that must be worth my daughter's wearing..we'll give't an airing At kirk and market. 1871 G. Meredith Harry Richmond I. x. 166 I really felt that I was justified in giving my irritability an airing. 1884 Eng. Illustr. Mag. 1 440 It was little more than scientific gossip, and the occasional airing of certain theories. 1893 F. E. W. Harper Iola Leroy (1988) xv. 135 As a matter of course, in speaking of his servants, he gave Jack's sins an airing. 1919 Times 3 June 15/4 The plays served all these purposes, and they could be used too for the airing of the scholars' grievances. 1960 Housewife Apr. 10/2 The Editor..considers very few subjects indeed too ‘minority’ or too apparently trivial to be given a sensible airing. 1983 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 23 Apr. There will be a full public airing of what caused at least 28 suspicious deaths at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children. 2002 Time Out N.Y. 20 June 71/2 White D3 gets trancey upstairs, two-step garage gets a street-level airing at this lounge, with beatmasters S. M. L., Bone-Bon and guests on the decks. 4. A broadcast of a television or radio programme; the transmission of such a broadcast. ΘΚΠ society > communication > broadcasting > television > [noun] > a television broadcast telecast1928 airing1933 1933 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 5 Dec. 7/2 Last year..the club was heard over the air waves..but Saturday's ‘airing’ will be the first since the club attained state honors. 1965 Listener 25 Nov. 874/3 An informative and lively series which could certainly stand another airing. 1993 USA Weekend 11 July 22/3 Speed already has attracted new fans, thanks to MTV's airing of old episodes. 2006 Time Out N.Y. 16 Nov. 177/4 This supposedly controversial show finally gets an airing—and turns out to be neat, normalizing and worshipfully hushed. Compounds airing cupboard n. chiefly British a cupboard for airing linen and clothing. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > airing cupboard hot cupboard1820 airing cupboard1883 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > cupboard or cabinet > [noun] > airing hot cupboard1820 airing cupboard1883 hot press1962 1883 Times 13 May 14/3 (advt.) Containing dining, drawing room,..dressing and bath room, airing cupboard with stove [etc.]. 1917 A. Waugh Loom of Youth i. vii. 82 The School House changing-room... In the far corner there was an airing cupboard. 1958 Times 2 June ix/3 An immersion heater... Small and compact, it is particularly suitable for fitting in an airing cupboard. 2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 23 Jan. v. 6/5 The soap makers have branched out of the bathroom. There are candle replicas of the famous soap cube..; incense sticks; linen water for airing cupboards. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1587
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