Middle English Dictionary Entry
garbe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | garbe n. |
| Etymology | OF garbe, var. of jarbe. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A bundle of brass rods; (b) her. a representation of a sheaf of wheat or a bunch of cumin.
Associated quotations
a
- c1436 Ipswich Domesday(2) (Add 25011)191 : Of eche garbe of bras seld bye hym self, qua.
b
- (c1460) Bk.Arms in Anc.4 (Hrl 2169)228 : [Azure three] whet chewys [or] garbys [of gold].
- (c1460) Bk.Arms in Anc.5 (Hrl 2169)180 : [Azure] iij garbys of comyn [of gold].