a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 229 (MED) Me dradde þe arryvynge and upcomynge of straunge men and of enemyes [L. barbarorum irruptio].

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iii. l. 686 (MED) To do vengaunce Vp-on þe deth of her worþi kyng, By Hector slawe at Grekis arivyng.

a1500 ( in C. Monro Lett. Margaret of Anjou (1863) 82 (MED) I hard of the late arriving and commynge of my Maister E. Hull.

1542 N. Vyllagon Lamentable & Piteous Treat. in Harleian Misc. (1808) I. 234 After the arryuynge of the sayde shippes.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Arrivement, an arriving.

1652 J. Darell Strange News from Indies 17 At the arriving of the foresaid Endeavour, my selfe and six more went aboard at the same time.

1713 W. Fleetwood in Life St. Wenefrede 71 The sending, sailing, and arriving of this Woollen Vessel, with its rich Freight.

1836 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 10 Mar. On our arriving at the battle-ground, we found the bodies of the dead lying generally as they were shot.

1956 Railway Locomotive Hist. Soc. Bull. 95 85 This quick thinking resulted in the arriving of first aid to the scene sooner than it would have arrived under normal conditions.

2009 Reg. Kentucky Hist. Soc. 107 238 To learn upon our arriving today that the Lincoln Bicentennial Commission is sponsoring this is just a wonderful rich irony.

1591 W. Garrard & R. Hitchcock Arte of Warre iv. 258 Thus shall the arriuing armie finde the quarters, places, streetes and other things alwayes in readinesse.

1653 tr. L. van Aitzema Notable Revol. Netherlands 107 The Citie continued yet in September, to search the arriving ships and vessels.

1676 Epitome Mr. J. Speed's Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. 155 Keeping Garrison there to receive the Imposts and Customs of the arriving Vessels for the King.

1791 World 23 Dec. The streets yesterday were thronged with arriving Carriages, Couriers, and loaded Imperials on Post-chaises.

1848 E. C. Gaskell Mary Barton II. ix. 131 The whiz and the scream of the arriving trains.

1870 F. Kapp Immigration 213 (heading) For the government of the information office, for friends of arriving emigrants.

1939 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 43 388 A considerable fraction of the power of the arriving electron bunches is converted into power of high frequency oscillations.

1996 San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News (Nexis) 27 Dec. 1 a Throughout the courthouse and local law offices, arriving packages are being treated with suspicion.

2009 Vanity Fair Jan. 144/1 The long foyer has..a curved papal balcony from which the owners might look down from the second floor to great arriving guests.

1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres v. lxxxiii. sig. Dd3 Following hard on theyr confusion,Comes loe incountred with a strong supplyOf fresh-ariuing powers.

1843 T. S. Fay Hoboken I. xix. 123 Muttering..something which..appeared to have a reference either to his own eyes or those of the rapidly-arriving strangers.

1873 A. Doyle Proposed District School (LSE Sel. Pamphlets) 13 They have to wash the children.., to cleanse the new arriving ones, often from much vermin.

1972 Great Alaska Earthquake 1964: Seismol. & Geodesy (National Res. Council (U.S.) Comm. on Alaska Earthquake) iv. 494/2 The early-arriving disturbances seen on many microbarographs, and described as air waves, coupled to Rayleigh waves in the ground are consistent with similar effects accompanying other earthquakes reported at least as far back as 1951.

2016 Kent & Sussex Courier (Nexis) 28 Oct. 63 Quick ball was off-loaded to fast-arriving support players in a move covering 60 metres.