blooding

[ bluhd-ing ]

/ ˈblʌd ɪŋ /

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noun Chiefly British.

(in fox hunting) an informal initiation ceremony in which the face of a novice is smeared with the blood of the first fox that person has seen killed.

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Origin of blooding

First recorded in 1590–1600; blood + -ing¹

Words nearby blooding

blood group-specific substances A and B, blood guilt, bloodguilty, blood heat, bloodhound, blooding, Blood is thicker than water, blood knot, bloodless, bloodless operation, Bloodless Revolution

How to use blooding in a sentence

After the blooding sleep very frequently followed, and a partial or sometimes a complete remission of the symptoms.
A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume II (of 2)|Charles Creighton
One of the questions was, whether the malady called for blooding—a question that had divided opinion as long ago as 1658.
A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume II (of 2)|Charles Creighton
Huxham appears to have adopted the whole Sydenhamian practice of blooding, blistering, purging, and salivating.
A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume II (of 2)|Charles Creighton
Through the spring months the trench raids continued in their process of "blooding" the new army for the "big push."
My Second Year of the War|Frederick Palmer

O Tony, says he, masters mare is blooding streams, and I be sent over to you to beg you to stop it.
Footprints of Former Men in Far Cornwall|Robert S. Hawker