Middle English Dictionary Entry
ficheux n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ficheux n. Also fucheus, fichouse, fitchewes & (?error) fitchens. |
| Etymology | OF fichau; cp. OF fissiauls (pl.). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. fiche n., which should perhaps be merged into this entry.
1.
The pole cat (foumart) or its fur.
Associated quotations
- (1400) Comp.R.in Frost Hullapp.6 : Vj redeskyns, ix ermyns, xiij fitchens [read: fitcheus].
- (1418) EEWills34/30 : My furre of Fycheux.
- (1438) EEWills110/19 : A gowne of Blake, furred with ficheux.
- (1451) Reg.Chanc.Oxf.in OHS 93228 : Togam penulatam cum fucheus.
- (1452) Will York in Sur.Soc.45135 : Togae..furratae cum fichouse.
- c1600(?c1395) PPl.Creed (Trin-C R.3.15)295 : A cote haþ he furred Wiþ foyns or wiþ fitchewes oþer fyn beuer.