Middle English Dictionary Entry
enossed ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | enossed ppl. |
| Etymology | OF enossé; cp. OF os bone. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Hunt. Of dogs: choked, strangled (as though a bone were lodged in the throat).
Associated quotations
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)47 : Þei wil not ete for her mouthe is somedele gapyng, and ȝif þei were envosed [read: ennosed] in here throte [OF comme si ils avoient un os en la gueule].