horning

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of horn

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The activity of blowing the horn of a train.

   “As of this past summer, residents on the Woodside, Forest Hills and Kew Gardens line have been subjected to the same kind of horning, even though our line has no grade crossings and therefore Federal Railroad Administration horn-sounding regulations do not apply.”

2. (countable, uncountable)The appearance of the Moon when increasing, or in the form of a crescent.

   “the Horning, which is the cauſe why they ſet up in their Steeples a Creſcent”

3. (US, countable, historical, uncountable)A mock serenade with tin horns and other discordant instruments by way of showing public disapproval.
4. (Scotland, countable, uncountable)The issuing of letters of horning.

name

1. A village and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG3417).