[f. BUNCH v.1 and 2 + -ING1.] The action of the verbs to BUNCH: † a. Thumping, beating (obs.). † b. Bulging, protuberance (obs.). c. Making into bunches.
1398. Trevisa, Barth. De P. R., XI. xi. [The swan] haþ a byl with a maner bonchinge [1535 bounchynge; 1582 bounching] þat distingueþ þe syȝte fro smel and taste.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 55. Bunchynge, tuncio.
1668. Culpepper & Cole, Barthol. Anat., I. ix. 20. [The stomach] hath two bunchings.
c. 1720. W. Gibson, Farrier’s Guide, I. vi. (1738), 81. The Protuberances or Bunchings of the Cerebellum.
1883. H. Ingram, in Cassell’s Family Mag., Aug., 561. The flower-picking, bunching, and selling go on with little intermission until King Frost reigns supreme.
