floring

== Middle English == === Etymology === From Middle English floren (“to equip with a floor, to pave”), from Middle English flor (“floor, foundation”), Old English flōr (“floor, pavement, ground”). === Noun === floring (plural florings) making a floor Pro le floryng, dalbyng..et le parchettyng. — Extracts from the Account Rolls of the Abbey of Durham, 1457 the floor of a room, building, or other structure Noe made a wyndow in his schippe..and housynge and cabans wiþ dyuers florynge. — Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden, 1387 This mapil, ook, & asshe endureth longe In floryng..This flooryng wul be blak & wynter warm. — Palladius, c1440