Middle English Dictionary Entry
dimesey n.
Entry Info
Forms | dimesey n. |
Etymology | ?ML dimitum; cp. MnE dimity. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. demit.
1.
A kind of fabric.
Associated quotations
- 1618(1440) Invent.Cumberworth in Peacock EChurch Furniture [OD col.]184 (Lincolnsh.) : 3 Westmentes, on of white worstede for lentyn & virgines, another of dimesey.