Maying

American  

[mey-ing] / ˈmeɪ ɪŋ /

noun

1. the celebration of May Day.

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Maying British  

/ ˈmeɪɪŋ /

noun

1. the traditional celebration of May Day

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Etymology

Origin of Maying

1350–1400; Middle English maiing; May, -ing ¹

Example Sentences

It may have been the Maying, or the compliment which the cockney Knight had paid her, or some premonition such as comes to women before their joy.

From Literature

Nine days it’s been since the Maying, and I am restless yet.

From Literature

And at the end he set up a pole on the grass-plat for the Maying, and we danced and sung around it to a merry tune, which set our feet flying in time with the music: Now in the month of maying, When the merry lads are playing, Fa, la, la.

From Project Gutenberg

If you are anxious to have a test by which to recognize the time when you are growing old,—so old that imagination is chilled within you,—I should advise you to turn to the chapter in the Romance of King Arthur entitled "How Queen Guenever went maying with certain Knights of the Table Round, clad all in green."

From Project Gutenberg

So it befell in the month of May, Queen Guenever called unto her knights and she gave them warning that early upon the morrow she would ride maying into the woods and fields besides Westminster, and I warn you that none of you but that he be well horsed and that ye all be clothed in green....

From Project Gutenberg