Middle English Dictionary Entry
flūe n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | flūe n.(2) Also flewe. |
| Etymology | Cp. MnE flue smoke duct, air duct, etc.; ?OF fluie stream. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The mouthpiece of a hunting horn.
Associated quotations
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)72 : First a good hunters horn shuld be dryve of ii span of lengthe..the flewe be of iii or iiii fyngres vppermore þan the hede, þat lowde hunters callen þe grete eende of the horn..and þat þe hede be as wide as it may be and ay ay dryve smallere and smallere to þe flwe and þat it be wel wexed..and that it be þe lenght of þe horn from þe flewe to þe byndyng and also þat it by not to smal dryven from þick byndyng to þe flue.