[f. EGG v.2 + -ING1.] The action of collecting (wild fowls’) eggs; also attrib.
1883. G. C. Davies, Norfolk Broads, ii. 17. The unholy trade of egging and bird-destroying.
1886. E. C. Dawson, Bp. Hannington, viii. (1887), 107. They had arrived in the height of the egging season.
