Middle English Dictionary Entry
embāned ppl.
Entry Info
Forms | embāned ppl. |
Etymology | Cp. Prov. ban, bana, F dial. bane horn. See Menner's note to Cleanness 1459. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Provided with horn-work, i.e. projecting masonry, to impede assault.
Associated quotations
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1459 : Covered cowpes foul clene, as casteles arayed, Enbaned under batelment wyth bantelles quoynt.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)790 : A ful huge heȝt hit haled vpon lofte Of harde hewen ston vp to þe tablez, Enbaned vnder þe abataylment in þe best lawe.