Middle English Dictionary Entry
gobard n.
Entry Info
| Forms | gobard n. Also gaubert, gobart, goubert. |
| Etymology | Cp. MnE dial. gaubert. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. cobard.
1.
An iron rack for supporting pothooks in a chimney.
Associated quotations
- (1397) Doc.Finchale in Sur.Soc.6p.cxviii : Item, iij gowberts et j scommer.
- (1403) in Rec.B.Nottingham 220 : Unius gobart de ferro, x d.
- (1411) in Rec.B.Nottingham 286 : j gobard, iij d.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)54a : A Gaubert: ypopirgium [Monson: jpepurgium].
- ?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)770/3 : Hoc ipegurgium: a gobard.