Middle English Dictionary Entry
dō̆ser n.
Entry Info
| Forms | dō̆ser n. Also dos(o)ur, docer, dosser, -our, dousser, & dorser, -our, dorcere. |
| Etymology | OF dossier, dorsier |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
An ornamental cloth used as a wall hanging or as a cover for a seat or altar, a piece of tapestry.
Associated quotations
- (1338) Invent.Jarrow in Sur.Soc.2924 : In aula j dorser et ij bankers.
- (1342) Will York in Sur.Soc.44 : Unum doser decem ulnarum ad ponendum circa altare in choro.
- (1368) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.91 : 2 dosers, 4 costers, 6 banquers.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)1340 : Þe dossers were of ryche pal y-brouded al wiþ golde.
- (1389) Will York in Sur.Soc.4129 : A docer & a new bancqwer & ij Cochyns.
- c1390 Disp.Christian & J.(Vrn)169 : Þer was dosers on þe dees..Þat neuere Ricchere wes.
- (1395) EEWills5/1 : With docere, costers, and bankers.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)478 : 'Now sir, heng vp þyn ax..& hit watz don abof þe dece, on doser to henge.
- (1420) EEWills46/20 : A dosur of tamsery werke with and hert in þe myddyll.
- (1423-4) Doc.Brewer in Bk.Lond.E.177/1139 : For hangynge of þe doser and costers.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)125 : Docere of an halle: Dosorium, auleum.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)127 : Dorcere: Anabatrum.
- c1440(a1400) Awntyrs Arth.(Thrn)444 : Pighte was it prowdely withe..dossours and qweschyns, and bankowres fulle bryghte.
- (1442) Invent.Gild in PSAL ser.2.5121 : Unum dorsour lyned with Canvas of Arras Werk of hawkyng.
- (1446) Invent.Lytham in Chet.n.s.6083 : j baniour of yolowe & rede, j dosour of blak & rede.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)833 : Of Chambris & of hallis Was noon..so wele behongit With docers of hiȝe pryse.
- (1472) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99245 : Item j dousser..j bankhour.
- a1475 Bk.Courtesy (Sln 1986)391 : Þe dosurs, cortines to henge in halle.
- a1475 Lovely lordynges (Brog 2.1)p.4 : The dosers alle of camaca..The quysschyns alle of velvet.
- a1500(?c1378) Wycl.OPastor.(Ryl Eng 86)434 : Curiouste stondiþ in hallis..in doseris, bancurs & cuȝshens.
- a1500(a1400) Ipom.(1) (Chet 8009)314 : Wyth bankers brodyrd all abowte, The dosers steynyd..Wyth fowle and fyshe well fyne.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)122/13 : In the quere are to be sett dosers, tapytes, and bankers.
2.
(a) A basket; esp., one carried on one's back; (b) a basketful.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)30 : Schulde men seie..that tho fischis grewen out of the panyeris or dossers?
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)1940 : Twigges..Swiche as men..maken of these panyers, Or elles hottes or dossers.
b
- (1433) Acc.St.Michael Bath in SANHS 2444 : De iiij d. pro dimidio dosser zabuli empto.
- (1462) Doc.in HMC Rep.5 App.491b : For a dosser off chekyns 12 d.