Middle English Dictionary Entry
cǒvel n.
Entry Info
| Forms | cǒvel n. Also cuvel, cuvil, coul, coll. Pl. cǒufles, cǒveles, cǒules. |
| Etymology | OE pl. cūflan & OF cuvel (both ultim. from L cūpella). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A tub, vat, or bucket; (b) ~ staf, ~ tre, a pole for carrying a two-handled tub or vat.
Associated quotations
a
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)5352 : In lepes & in coufles [B: kouueles, cowles, Couelles] so moche viss hii ssolleþ hom bringe, Þat ech mon ssal wondry of so gret cacchinge.
- c1350 Of alle þe witti (Add 45896)62 : Coules and cimmilyncs, cracchus and cribbus.
- (1407) *Chamberl.R.Winch. : In i couel empto, viii d.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)97 : Cowle, vesselle: Tina.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)1051 : Þare ware rostez full ruyde..Cowle full cramede of crysmede childyre, Sum as brede brochede.
- 1448 in Camd.2597 : Cowle pro aqua benedicta.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)171 : A kowuele ther was bi nethe, that resceyuede alle the dropes.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)577/10 : Cupa: a cupe or a Cowle.
- (1467) Ordin.Wor.382 : The Cowle to mete ale with.
- (1469-70) Acc.St.Edm.Sarum13 : Pro ijbus covlys seruisie.
- (1476) *Will Thurston (Somerset Ho.) [OD col.] : A cup called a cowle.
- a1500 Hal.Gloss.(Eg 829)7 : Vas in quo pinsitur pasta: a cowele or a sake.
- ?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)808/10 : Hec cupa: a colle. Hec tina idem est.
b
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3710 : Ðes xii ðider hem hauen brogt Of ðe plenteð ðe god ðor gaf, An win-grape on an cuuel-staf.
- c1350 Cmb.Ee.4.20.Nominale (Cmb Ee.4.20)495 : Tyne, cuuerel et tynele: Couuyl, fat and cuuyltre.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)466 : Cowl tre: Falanga.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)602/34 : Phalanga: a coveltre.
- c1483(?a1450) OT in Caxton Gold.Leg.(Caxton)f.62rb : They brought a braunche with one clustre of grapes as moche as two men myght bere bytwene hem vpon a cole-staf.
- c1483(?a1450) OT in Caxton Gold.Leg.(Caxton)f.65vb : Golye of Geth .. his glayue was as a grete cole-staf & ther was theron vj sicles of yron.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1475 Limn.Bks. (Brog 2.1:Clarke) 196/33 : Take a kowlle fulle, or .ij. or .iij. or as mony as ȝe seme woll serve ȝow.
Note: New spelling (with double l).