Middle English Dictionary Entry
dǒul(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | dǒul(e n. Also deul, dul. |
| Etymology | OF döele, douelle stave of a barrel; cp. F douve. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The wooden rim of a wheel, or a section of it; felloe; (b) ~ egge, ?the metal rim or tire of a wheel; ?a section of a felloe.
Associated quotations
a
- (1296-7) Acc.Cornw.in RHS ser.3.6661 : In eisdem rotis ligandis cum ligatura veterum rotarum, vna cum nouis dulis.
- (1313-14) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100512 : Marescalcia. In Hurtures, Windbandes, et Doules empt., 2 s.
- a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)21270 : Foure þai ar, þe euangelistes, þat draghis þe waine þat is cristis..þe quelis ar ioyned with mani a dowle.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)3 Kings 7.33 : The extrees, and the naue stockis, and the spokis, and dowlis [vr. felies; WB(1): felijs; L canthi] of tho wheelis, alle thingis weren ȝotun.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)38a : A Dowle of a whele: stellio.
b
- (1335-6) Doc.Manor in MP 3460 : Dulegh..Dulegiis.
- (1337-8) Doc.Manor in MP 3460 : In reparacione carectae..cum dunelegges [read: duuelegges].
- (1351) in Neilson Ramsey AbbeyApp.p.61 : In iii paribus rotarum nudarum emptis..xix s.; et in c strakenayl emptis pro i pare rotarum ferrando, v s.; et in ii wynekis et dewleggis emptis, v d.
- (1404-5) in NQ ser.11.8426 : In clavis ferreis, xiij dowleggis, et claspes, et staples ij s.