Middle English Dictionary Entry
glọ̄ver n.
Entry Info
| Forms | glọ̄ver n. Also gloifer. |
| Etymology | From glọ̄ve n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) One who makes or sells gloves; a member of a glovers' guild; also as surname; (b) ~ gil, ~ lane, the Lane of the Glovers [see Smith PNElem. 1.204].
Associated quotations
a
- (1250) in Fransson Surn.126 : Gilb. le Glouere.
- (1295) Pat.R.Edw.I136 : Gilbert le Glowere.
- (1308) in Fransson Surn.126 : Adam the Glover.
- (1313) Sub.R.Glo.(1) in BGAS 19235 : Cecilia la Glovere.
- (1327) in Fransson Surn.126 : Nich. Glover. Rob. le Glouare.
- (1355) Doc.Oxf.in OHS 73127 : De Henrico Wantyng, glouer.
- (1364) in Black Leathersellers17 : Pouchemakers..Glovers.
- (1413) Will in Bk.Lond.E.217/19 : Richard Roos, Glouer, & Jon man, Corwaner.
- (1435) Doc.in Rec.B.Nottingham 2360 : At ye bake of the forsayd iiij bowthes are other iiij bowthes yat glufers standyn in.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)35 : The originall perteynyng to the craft of gloueres.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)1584 : Of all þe craftes..Goldsmythes, Glouers, Girdillers noble, [etc.].
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)250/798 : Seth in watir the shauynge of glouers leþer till it be thik as glyw.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)144 : It is the hand that dar aske no glooves of the glouere to gloove hym with.
- (1463) Acc.Howard in RC 57234 : My mastyr bowte the same day of the glovere of the Holt a stake of hey.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)55b : A Glwffer: Cirothecarius.
- a1500 Mayer Nominale (Mayer)686/23 : Hic sirotecarius: gloyfer.
b
- (1329) EPNSoc.14 (East Riding Yks.& York)288 : Glouerlane.
- (1333) EPNSoc.14 (East Riding Yks.& York)288 : Glouergayle.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (1390) Doc.Beverley in Seld.Soc.1433 : Ordinatum est..quod quilibet artifices..viz. mercers et drapers..glovers, and workmen habeant suos ludos et pagentes paratos..qualibet die in festo Corporis Christi.
- (1456) Doc.Beverley in Seld.Soc.1450n : [Then follow the names of 267 persons. First come 16 without any description; then] 13 glovers, 17 barkers, 19 corvysours, 22 websters, [etc.].
Note: Supplemental material for (a).
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1500 Tan.407 Artist.Recipes (Tan 407) 314/12 : Forto temperyn ȝour colouris, take the water þat gloueris speccis ben sothen in.
Note: Additional quote, sense (a).
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 Rwl.C.506 Artist.Recipes (Rwl C.506) 175/3 : Hange þy skyn in þe wynde, and whan it is drye tawe þe flesche syde yn a withe or yn a glouerse yre till it be softe.
Note: New sense, new cpd.: glovers ~, 'a currier's stake used for softening leather'.