[f. TIE v. + -ING2.] That ties: see the verb.
In some of the quots. this may be the vbl. sb. used attrib.
1552. Huloet, Tiynge bonde, ligamentum.
1688. R. Holme, Armoury, III. 261/2. Tying course, [the bricks] as cover the top of the Arch.
1781. P. Beckford, Hunting, xx. 268. Old tyeing hounds … are … contrary to the true spirit of fox-hunting … continually bringing the pack back again.
1826. Sporting Mag., XVII. 233. Like unto the tying beagle which dwells upon the stale scent.
1827. Syd. Smith, in Edin. Rev. XLV. 429. A tying up … action.
1901. J. Black’s Illustr. Carp. & Build., Home Handicr., 61. Mortised through the tying rails.
