Middle English Dictionary Entry
distreināble adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | distreināble adj. |
| Etymology | AF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Law Liable to be distrained, subject to distraint.
Associated quotations
- c1436 Ipswich Domesday(2) (Add 25011)141 : Burgeysys of the toun..ȝif they puttyn distressis owherellys thanne they owyn, thanne ben they more distreynabele [F distreygnables] and more iusticiable to the ballives than ben the foreynes.
- (a1472-3) RParl.6.6b : Yf any persone..havyng any Honours..Londes..not goyng oute of eny place distreynable pay not the somme..apon hym assessed [etc.].