Middle English Dictionary Entry
faldella n.
Entry Info
| Forms | faldella n. |
| Etymology | ML |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Surg. A compress made of small folds of cloth.
Associated quotations
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)317/6 : Hile al þe brekyng of þe boon þerwiþ, & leie þervpon faldellas [L faldellas; cp. 319/26,30; 324/27; 325/13: in all instances retaining inflected form of L original] wiþ white of an ey.
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- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)124b/a : Þen leie aboue hem a grete faldelle of towe wette in þe white of a neye & bynde alle þis togyder with þi roller.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)124b/b : Leie anoþer faldelle of stoppes þe whiche schal be wette in water & expressed & no þing elles abouen þe bindinge.
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Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. faldella.