Plural of hawking; multiple instances of hunting with hawks, selling goods in the street, or the practice itself.
From 'hawk' + '-ing' (gerund/present participle) + '-s' (plural). Can refer to either the hunting sport or the street-vending practice. Both meanings were common in early modern English.
The word 'hawkings' perfectly captures how English allows one word to describe multiple activities—medieval manuscripts use it for both royal hunts and the shouting merchants in town markets, showing how language served different social classes.
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