airings

Noun

airing (countable and uncountable, plural airings)

1. (uncountable) Exposure of something to the air, especially fresh or warm air for the purpose of ventilating or drying; (countable) an instance of this.
   • Hee'll ſend ſuch vvord, for ayring o' the houſe / As you ſhall haue ſufficient time, to quit it.1610 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, The Alchemist, London: […] Thomas Snodham, for Walter Burre, and are to be sold by Iohn Stepneth, […], published 1612, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, signature...
   1. (countable) An act of taking an animal (especially a dog or horse) into the open air for exercise.
      • [R]yde out your Horſe euery night, two howers after Sunne ſette, ⁊ abide abroade with him three howres at the leaſt, not exceeding foote-pace, which we call night ayrings.1593, Iruis [i.e., Gervase] Markham, “How to Chuse a Horse for Hunting, How to Trayne Hym there-vnto: And also Howe to Dyet Him, hauing Made Some Great Match or Wager”, in A Discource of...
   2. (countable, dated) An act of riding or walking in the open air for exercise or leisure.
      • According to this my vvarrant heere, I muſt this morning fetch my priſoner to ayring, hee had need bee hung out, leaſt his fleſh ſhould mould, for I am ſure, his clothes are muſtie already; […]1607, [John Day, William Rowley, George Wilkins], The Travailes of the Three English Brothers. Sir Thomas Shirley. Sir Anthony Shirley. Mr. Robert Shirley. […], London: […] [George Eld] for Iohn...
2. (countable, figuratively) An act of broadcasting a radio or television show; a broadcasting.
   • Seldom was he [Sanford Clark] seen, and almost never were his recordings given mass airings.1990, Wayne Jancik, “The Fifties”, in Fred Weiler, editor, The Billboard Book of One-hit Wonders, New York, N.Y.: Billboard Books, Watson-Guptill Publications, →ISBN, page 21, column 1
3. (figuratively, uncountable) Public disclosure or discussion of a subject, or expression of an opinion; (countable) an instance of this.
   • airing of grievances