borrowship en · NOUN
Etymology
A calque of Middle English borweschipe, equivalent to borrow + -ship. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Buurchskup (“suretiship”), Dutch borgschap (“suretiship”), German Low German Börgskupp, Börgschop (“suretiship”), German Bürgschaft (“suretiship”)
Meanings
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(archaic, rare) Suretyship or the act of borrowing.
I couldn't bring myself to tell her I only had partial borrowship—that would defeat the purpose.
2021, Jeannine Henvey, Two Truths and a Guy:From some relative Cynthia managed to obtain on permanent borrowship a pair of binoculars, to lie in the stillness of night, binoculars pressed into the eyes, trying to count the stars, always talking in a whisper, the night sky a wondrous sight of beauty.
2013, Michael Cooke, Always Never, page 12: