Middle English Dictionary Entry
ap(p)areilling ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | ap(p)areilling ger. Also paraling. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Preparation; a preparatory act; (b) providing (of food).
Associated quotations
a
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)52/1458 : To þys ordre crounebet Ys an apparyllyng, Þat hys in holy cherche y-cleped wel Þe furste scherynge Of clerke.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2913 : Heigh labour and ful greet apparaillynge [vr. paralyng] Was at the seruyce.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2537 : Long apparailynge biforn the bataille maketh short victorie.
- (1423) Let.Bk.in Bk.Lond.E.(Gldh LetBk I & K)107/2 : Þe makyng and gryndyng and oþer apparaillyng of Shermennes sheres.
- a1500 Hal.Gloss.(Eg 829)8 : Apparatus: aparaelyng.
b
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.833 : Suffisance that..ne dooth no fors of to outrageous apparaillynge of mete.