buskingn.¹

Brit.

/ˈbʌskɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈbəskɪŋ/, Scottish English

/ˈbʌskɪŋ/, Irish English

/ˈbʌskɪŋ/

Forms: see busk v.¹ and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: busk v.¹, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < busk v.¹ + -ing suffix¹.

Now rare (Scottish, Irish English, and English regional (northern) in later use).

a. Preparation; the action or an act of dressing or dressing up. Also concrete: clothes, attire.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > [noun]

clothesc888

hattersOE

shroudc1000

weedOE

shrouda1122

clothc1175

hatteringa1200

atourc1220

back-clout?c1225

habit?c1225

clothingc1275

cleadinga1300

dubbinga1300

shroudinga1300

attirec1300

coverturec1300

suitc1325

apparel1330

buskingc1330

farec1330

harness1340

tire1340

backs1341

geara1350

apparelmentc1374

attiringa1375

vesturec1385

heelinga1387

vestmentc1386

arraya1400

graitha1400

livery1399

tirementa1400

warnementa1400

arrayment1400

parelc1400

werlec1400

raiment?a1425

robinga1450

rayc1450

implements1454

willokc1460

habiliment1470

emparelc1475

atourement1481

indumenta1513

reparel1521

wearing gear1542

revesture1548

claesc1550

case1559

attirement1566

furniture1566

investuring1566

apparelling1567

dud1567

hilback1573

wear1576

dress1586

enfolding1586

caparison1589

plight1590

address1592

ward-ware1598

garnish1600

investments1600

ditement1603

dressing1603

waith1603

thing1605

vestry1606

garb1608

outwall1608

accoutrementa1610

wearing apparel1617

coutrement1621

vestament1632

vestiment1637

equipage1645

cask1646

aguise1647

back-timbera1656

investiture1660

rigging1664

drapery1686

vest1694

plumage1707

bussingc1712

hull1718

paraphernalia1736

togs1779

body clothing1802

slough1808

toggery1812

traps1813

garniture1827

body-clothes1828

garmenture1832

costume1838

fig1839

outfit1840

vestiture1841

outer womana1845

outward man1846

vestiary1846

rag1855

drag1870

clo'1874

parapherna1876

clobber1879

threads1926

mocker1939

schmatte1959

vine1959

kit1989

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > [noun]

clothingc1175

buskingc1330

shriding1340

dressingc1350

attiringa1375

enparelling1496

apparelling?1544

reparelling1579

induition1584

accoutrementa1616

suitinga1637

investiture1651

dress1680

investment1798

garbing1862

kitting1919

c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 925 Bliþe was his bosking.

?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. l. 8863 Long it was in þe somons, & þe buskyng [a1450 Lamb. buschyng] of þe barons.

1619 Z. Boyd Last Battell Soule 961 (Jam.) Too curious busking is the mother of lusting lookes.

1632 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. xxiii. 90 The wooer's busking and bravery..are in vain.

1638 True Relation Sad & Lamentable Accidents (new ed.) 9 Some [had]..their outward buskings not one thred singed.

1728 A. Ramsay Poems II. 150 Cease, busy Maids, your artfu' Buskings raise, But small Addition to her genuine Rays.

1834 T. Hood Tylney Hall I. xvi. 192 'You're wanted to walk with me, so go to your busking'—and away padded the Scotchwoman to prepare herself for the promenade.

1895 Folk-lore 6 278 Relatives of the bride paint her all over with blood... Even a bonnie bride after such busking must be a rather sorry-looking object.

†b. spec. A type of woman's headdress. Cf. busk n.² 1, bussing n.² 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > [noun]

busk1516

barbery1540

dressing1557

buskinga1568

barbering1660

hairdressing1771

haircare1935

hair-styling1936

a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) i. f. 14^v Either a slouinglie busking, or an ouerstaring frounced hed.

1621 Sc. Act. Jas. VI xxv. §3 That none weare upon their Heads, or Buskings, any Feathers.

1672 in C. S. Romanes Sel. Rec. Regality of Melrose (1915) II. 375 Ane gouen,..fyve buskings of heid-cloathes, and tua pare of sleives.

†c. figurative. Adornment or embellishment; an instance of this. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [noun] > ornamentation or decoration > action or fact of

fayingc1230

arrayingc1340

anorninga1382

orninga1382

adornmentc1405

garnishing1463

adorning1495

ornamenta1513

ourningc1540

furniture1548

gracing1588

adorn1590

outsetc1590

furnishing1594

adornation1597

bedecking1598

busking1628

ornamenting1718

engrailing1753

figurement1879

1628 W. Struther Christian Observ. & Resol. lxxxii. 222 An honest meaning simplie expressed, hath more weight, than all these buskinges and fairdings.

1637 S. Rutherford Let. 1 Jan. in Joshua Redivivus (1664) 177 Godliness is more then the out-side & this world's passements & their buskings.

a1656 A. Gray Select Serm. (1765) xxxvii. 450 We imagine God as an orator that will look to, and be pleased with fine busking of discourse.

1823 J. Galt Ringan Gilhaize II. ix. 93 The prelatic buskings with which that meddling and fantastical bodie, King James the Sixth, would fain have buskit and disguised the sober simplicity of gospel ordinances.

†2. Setting out, departure. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > [noun] > setting out

foundingOE

partingc1300

outgoing?c1335

buskinga1400

way-gangingc1485

profectiona1538

departure1540

waygoinga1600

way-ganga1628

upcoming1654

outsettinga1698

setting-out1711

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3245 Bun was he made til his buskyng, Wit tresur grette and riche ring.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

buskingn.²

Brit.

/ˈbʌskɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈbəskɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: busk v.⁴, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < busk v.⁴ + -ing suffix¹.

†1. Nautical. Cruising or sailing to and fro (occasionally applied to ships engaged in piracy). Also: spec. striving against contrary winds or currents at sea; beating to windward. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > [noun] > beating against the wind

busking1705

thrash1866

thresh1868

beating1883

1705 Tryal Capt. Thomas Green 34 The word Busking..signifies, bearing close upon the Wind by a press Sail... Their Water was staved on the Coast of Malabar in a Storm, and not by Busking, as is Libelled.

1746 E. Vernon Advice Honest Sailor 50 They [sc. ships] are not fit for busking in the Sea in the Winter.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Busking, piratical cruising; also, used generally, for beating to windward along a coast, or cruising off and on.

2. Originally slang. The action or practice of performing music or some other entertainment in a public place (now esp. in the street) for monetary donations. In early use also: †the peddling of goods in public places (obsolete). Frequently in to go busking.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > [noun] > busking

busking1861

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > street performance > [noun]

street music1770

busking1897

street singing1958

1776 J. Hawkins Gen. Hist. Music V. i. vii. 66 The musicians of his time,..thought themselves disgraced by this practice of his, for which they have a term of reproach not very intelligible; they call it going a-busking.

1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 215/1 Obtain a livelihood by ‘busking’, as it is technically termed, or, in other words, by offering their goods for sale only at the bars and in the tap-rooms and parlours of taverns.

1860 Cornhill Mag. Sept. 334 Thieves' words and phrases... Selling obscene songs—busking.

1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) III. 206/1 Busking is going into public-houses and playing, and singing, and dancing.

1897 Daily News 21 Sept. 8/3 A highly-accomplished lady..begs for a dress in which to go busking. Busking is the jargon for wandering minstrels—folk who play the perambulating pianos we see in the streets or on the sands.

1910 Pall Mall Mag. Aug. 255/1 Few of the general public are aware of the large number of people who in the summer go ‘busking’, or succeed in earning a more or less satisfactory living by open-air performances of various kinds.

1979 T. Sanchez Up & down with Rolling Stones i. 15 He had survived by busking (singing and begging on street corners).

1994 J. Lydon et al. Rotton v. 66 Busking was a big thing at the time, but it was always those naff hippies with their acoustic guitars.

2001 G. Howard Night Navigation xiii. 152 Doing a lot of busking in the subways, playing his tongue drum, his hat set out for contributions.

Compounds

General attributive (in sense 2).

ΚΠ

1864 All Year Round 20 Aug. 28/2 It's enough to make a fellow take to the busking game.

1898 London Figaro 26 Nov. 6/1 Mr. George R. Sims..knows the busking slang—principally derived from Romany.

1951 Billboard 1 Sept. 41/4 Charles Stone says that he has been working a busking show with his son around Twisp.

1987 K. Lette Girls' Night Out (1989) 68 To get a busking licence, you have to apply to and audition before a civil servant.

1997 Big Issue 9 June 20/2 Running parallel to London's busking scene, and feeding from it, is a burgeoning interest in acoustic music.

2008 J. Minton 78 Blues iii. 76 Decatur—a favorite busking spot for Atlanta musicians.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

buskingadj.

Brit.

/ˈbʌskɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈbəskɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: busk v.⁴, -ing suffix².

Etymology: < busk v.⁴ + -ing suffix².

Of a person or group of people: that performs music or some other entertainment in a public place (now esp. in the street) for monetary donations.

ΚΠ

1873 Sunday Mag. Jan. 272/1 Busker Bill was a ‘busking’, that is, wandering, musician.

1909 A. M. Williamson Silent Battle (N.Y. ed.) xvi. 145 The policeman,..not too kindly disposed toward a 'busking' vagabond with a mask.

1966 Crescendo Feb. 35/1 Many drummers are with small groups or busking outfits and therefore never see a drum part.

1987 P. Conrad Song of Love & Death (1996) 256 The reclamation of..Columbus Avenue with its sushi bars, Sunday brunches and busking string quartets.

2008 Z. Sharp Third Strike (2009) xvi. 154 They wandered through the park..admiring the skills of the jugglers and the busking musicians.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

n.¹c1330

n.²1705

adj.1873

单词	busking
释义	buskingn.¹ Brit. /ˈbʌskɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈbəskɪŋ/, Scottish English /ˈbʌskɪŋ/, Irish English /ˈbʌskɪŋ/ Forms: see busk v.¹ and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: busk v.¹, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < busk v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. Now rare (Scottish, Irish English, and English regional (northern) in later use). 1. a. Preparation; the action or an act of dressing or dressing up. Also concrete: clothes, attire. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > [noun] clothesc888 hattersOE shroudc1000 weedOE shrouda1122 clothc1175 hatteringa1200 atourc1220 back-clout?c1225 habit?c1225 clothingc1275 cleadinga1300 dubbinga1300 shroudinga1300 attirec1300 coverturec1300 suitc1325 apparel1330 buskingc1330 farec1330 harness1340 tire1340 backs1341 geara1350 apparelmentc1374 attiringa1375 vesturec1385 heelinga1387 vestmentc1386 arraya1400 graitha1400 livery1399 tirementa1400 warnementa1400 arrayment1400 parelc1400 werlec1400 raiment?a1425 robinga1450 rayc1450 implements1454 willokc1460 habiliment1470 emparelc1475 atourement1481 indumenta1513 reparel1521 wearing gear1542 revesture1548 claesc1550 case1559 attirement1566 furniture1566 investuring1566 apparelling1567 dud1567 hilback1573 wear1576 dress1586 enfolding1586 caparison1589 plight1590 address1592 ward-ware1598 garnish1600 investments1600 ditement1603 dressing1603 waith1603 thing1605 vestry1606 garb1608 outwall1608 accoutrementa1610 wearing apparel1617 coutrement1621 vestament1632 vestiment1637 equipage1645 cask1646 aguise1647 back-timbera1656 investiture1660 rigging1664 drapery1686 vest1694 plumage1707 bussingc1712 hull1718 paraphernalia1736 togs1779 body clothing1802 slough1808 toggery1812 traps1813 garniture1827 body-clothes1828 garmenture1832 costume1838 fig1839 outfit1840 vestiture1841 outer womana1845 outward man1846 vestiary1846 rag1855 drag1870 clo'1874 parapherna1876 clobber1879 threads1926 mocker1939 schmatte1959 vine1959 kit1989 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > [noun] clothingc1175 buskingc1330 shriding1340 dressingc1350 attiringa1375 enparelling1496 apparelling?1544 reparelling1579 induition1584 accoutrementa1616 suitinga1637 investiture1651 dress1680 investment1798 garbing1862 kitting1919 c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 925 Bliþe was his bosking. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. l. 8863 Long it was in þe somons, & þe buskyng [a1450 Lamb. buschyng] of þe barons. 1619 Z. Boyd Last Battell Soule 961 (Jam.) Too curious busking is the mother of lusting lookes. 1632 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. xxiii. 90 The wooer's busking and bravery..are in vain. 1638 True Relation Sad & Lamentable Accidents (new ed.) 9 Some [had]..their outward buskings not one thred singed. 1728 A. Ramsay Poems II. 150 Cease, busy Maids, your artfu' Buskings raise, But small Addition to her genuine Rays. 1834 T. Hood Tylney Hall I. xvi. 192 'You're wanted to walk with me, so go to your busking'—and away padded the Scotchwoman to prepare herself for the promenade. 1895 Folk-lore 6 278 Relatives of the bride paint her all over with blood... Even a bonnie bride after such busking must be a rather sorry-looking object. †b. spec. A type of woman's headdress. Cf. busk n.² 1, bussing n.² 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > [noun] busk1516 barbery1540 dressing1557 buskinga1568 barbering1660 hairdressing1771 haircare1935 hair-styling1936 a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) i. f. 14^v Either a slouinglie busking, or an ouerstaring frounced hed. 1621 Sc. Act. Jas. VI xxv. §3 That none weare upon their Heads, or Buskings, any Feathers. 1672 in C. S. Romanes Sel. Rec. Regality of Melrose (1915) II. 375 Ane gouen,..fyve buskings of heid-cloathes, and tua pare of sleives. †c. figurative. Adornment or embellishment; an instance of this. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [noun] > ornamentation or decoration > action or fact of fayingc1230 arrayingc1340 anorninga1382 orninga1382 adornmentc1405 garnishing1463 adorning1495 ornamenta1513 ourningc1540 furniture1548 gracing1588 adorn1590 outsetc1590 furnishing1594 adornation1597 bedecking1598 busking1628 ornamenting1718 engrailing1753 figurement1879 1628 W. Struther Christian Observ. & Resol. lxxxii. 222 An honest meaning simplie expressed, hath more weight, than all these buskinges and fairdings. 1637 S. Rutherford Let. 1 Jan. in Joshua Redivivus (1664) 177 Godliness is more then the out-side & this world's passements & their buskings. a1656 A. Gray Select Serm. (1765) xxxvii. 450 We imagine God as an orator that will look to, and be pleased with fine busking of discourse. 1823 J. Galt Ringan Gilhaize II. ix. 93 The prelatic buskings with which that meddling and fantastical bodie, King James the Sixth, would fain have buskit and disguised the sober simplicity of gospel ordinances. †2. Setting out, departure. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > [noun] > setting out foundingOE partingc1300 outgoing?c1335 buskinga1400 way-gangingc1485 profectiona1538 departure1540 waygoinga1600 way-ganga1628 upcoming1654 outsettinga1698 setting-out1711 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3245 Bun was he made til his buskyng, Wit tresur grette and riche ring. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). buskingn.² Brit. /ˈbʌskɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈbəskɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: busk v.⁴, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < busk v.⁴ + -ing suffix¹. †1. Nautical. Cruising or sailing to and fro (occasionally applied to ships engaged in piracy). Also: spec. striving against contrary winds or currents at sea; beating to windward. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > [noun] > beating against the wind busking1705 thrash1866 thresh1868 beating1883 1705 Tryal Capt. Thomas Green 34 The word Busking..signifies, bearing close upon the Wind by a press Sail... Their Water was staved on the Coast of Malabar in a Storm, and not by Busking, as is Libelled. 1746 E. Vernon Advice Honest Sailor 50 They [sc. ships] are not fit for busking in the Sea in the Winter. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Busking, piratical cruising; also, used generally, for beating to windward along a coast, or cruising off and on. 2. Originally slang. The action or practice of performing music or some other entertainment in a public place (now esp. in the street) for monetary donations. In early use also: †the peddling of goods in public places (obsolete). Frequently in to go busking. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > [noun] > busking busking1861 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > street performance > [noun] street music1770 busking1897 street singing1958 1776 J. Hawkins Gen. Hist. Music V. i. vii. 66 The musicians of his time,..thought themselves disgraced by this practice of his, for which they have a term of reproach not very intelligible; they call it going a-busking. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 215/1 Obtain a livelihood by ‘busking’, as it is technically termed, or, in other words, by offering their goods for sale only at the bars and in the tap-rooms and parlours of taverns. 1860 Cornhill Mag. Sept. 334 Thieves' words and phrases... Selling obscene songs—busking. 1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) III. 206/1 Busking is going into public-houses and playing, and singing, and dancing. 1897 Daily News 21 Sept. 8/3 A highly-accomplished lady..begs for a dress in which to go busking. Busking is the jargon for wandering minstrels—folk who play the perambulating pianos we see in the streets or on the sands. 1910 Pall Mall Mag. Aug. 255/1 Few of the general public are aware of the large number of people who in the summer go ‘busking’, or succeed in earning a more or less satisfactory living by open-air performances of various kinds. 1979 T. Sanchez Up & down with Rolling Stones i. 15 He had survived by busking (singing and begging on street corners). 1994 J. Lydon et al. Rotton v. 66 Busking was a big thing at the time, but it was always those naff hippies with their acoustic guitars. 2001 G. Howard Night Navigation xiii. 152 Doing a lot of busking in the subways, playing his tongue drum, his hat set out for contributions. Compounds General attributive (in sense 2). ΚΠ 1864 All Year Round 20 Aug. 28/2 It's enough to make a fellow take to the busking game. 1898 London Figaro 26 Nov. 6/1 Mr. George R. Sims..knows the busking slang—principally derived from Romany. 1951 Billboard 1 Sept. 41/4 Charles Stone says that he has been working a busking show with his son around Twisp. 1987 K. Lette Girls' Night Out (1989) 68 To get a busking licence, you have to apply to and audition before a civil servant. 1997 Big Issue 9 June 20/2 Running parallel to London's busking scene, and feeding from it, is a burgeoning interest in acoustic music. 2008 J. Minton 78 Blues iii. 76 Decatur—a favorite busking spot for Atlanta musicians. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). buskingadj. Brit. /ˈbʌskɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈbəskɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: busk v.⁴, -ing suffix². Etymology: < busk v.⁴ + -ing suffix². Of a person or group of people: that performs music or some other entertainment in a public place (now esp. in the street) for monetary donations. ΚΠ 1873 Sunday Mag. Jan. 272/1 Busker Bill was a ‘busking’, that is, wandering, musician. 1909 A. M. Williamson Silent Battle (N.Y. ed.) xvi. 145 The policeman,..not too kindly disposed toward a 'busking' vagabond with a mask. 1966 Crescendo Feb. 35/1 Many drummers are with small groups or busking outfits and therefore never see a drum part. 1987 P. Conrad Song of Love & Death (1996) 256 The reclamation of..Columbus Avenue with its sushi bars, Sunday brunches and busking string quartets. 2008 Z. Sharp Third Strike (2009) xvi. 154 They wandered through the park..admiring the skills of the jugglers and the busking musicians. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.¹c1330n.²1705adj.1873
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buskingn.1

buskingn.2

Compounds

buskingadj.

buskingn.¹

buskingn.²