horning

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of horn

plural hornings

1. countableuncountableThe 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.

   2007 October 21, “A Great New Yark, if They Get It Done; Flying Everyone Home for the Holidays; Those L.I.R.R. Horns: We’ve Had Enough!; Exxon Mobil and Newtown Creek (4 Letters)”, in New York Times

2. countableuncountableThe 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

   1646, John Gregory, Notes and Observations upon some Passages of Scripture

3. UScountablehistoricaluncountableA mock serenade with tin horns and other discordant instruments by way of showing public disapproval.
4. ScotlandcountableuncountablelawThe issuing of letters of horning.

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