vbl. sb. [f. CHAIN v. + -ING1.] The action of the vb. CHAIN; putting in chains; enchainment; connection.
1387. Trevisa, Higden (Rolls), II. 359 (Mätz.). Þe chaynyng and teienge of þe grete hound Cerberus. Ibid. (1398), Barth. De P. R., V. xxviii. (1495), 138. The ouer cheynynge of the honde hath thre bones that entre in to the holownes of the armes.
1583. Grindal’s Will, Wks. (1843). 459. Ten pounds towards the clasping, bossing and chaining of the same [books].
1661. G. Bishope (title), New England Judged … a brief relation of the Sufferings of the People called Quakers … wherein the Cruel … Bonds and Imprisonments, Beatings and Chainings … are shortly touched.
