Middle English Dictionary Entry
alleron n.
Entry Info
| Forms | alleron n. Also alron. |
| Etymology | OF aleron |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The tip of the wing (of a fowl).
Associated quotations
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)8/33 : Tak pympernoll & stampe it & take þe jeuse þer-of & do þer-to þe grese of þe allerone of þe gose wenge.
- a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sln 1986)49 : Sethe þy henne and kut her wele On gobbettes, save alrons and þe pestle.