Middle English Dictionary Entry
golet n.
Entry Info
| Forms | golet n. Also gulet, colet. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The esophagus; also, the gullet of a fowl; (b) part of a hood covering the throat; armor covering the throat; (c) ~ nail, a kind of nail prob. used for gutters or pipes; (d) as surname; (e) a water channel, ravine [see Smith PNElem. 1.206].
Associated quotations
a
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pard.(Manly-Rickert)C.543 : They caste noght awey That may go thurgh the golet softe and soote.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)7046 : Fyn vitaille..we, undir our clothes wide, Maken thourgh oure golet glide.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)12b/b : First shal appere trachea arteria, which is way of þe eire to þe pulmon, procedyng fro it to þe þrote or to þe golet or to þe epiglote [L ad guttur siue ad gulam vel epiglotum]..at þe parte of þe mouþ is þe gulet.
- ?c1430 Wycl.PN(1) (Corp-C 296)200 : Þis glotonye & dronkenesse makiþ men to loue more here bely & here golet þan god almyȝtty.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)202 : Golet, or throte: Guttur, gluma, gula [Win: Gulax].
- c1450 Dc.55 Cook.Recipes (Dc 55)116 : Putt the bille in the body and the golett.. putt the hede ynne att the golet as a crane.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)12899 : By that golet, large and strong, Off mesour nat iij Enche long.
b
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)1772 : Throwghe golet and gorgere, he hurtez hym ewyne.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)12864 : And, by the goolet off myn hood, The beste goth.
- a1500 RHood & M.(Cmb Ff.5.48)st.49 : Be þe golett of þe hode John pulled þe munke down.
c
- (1418-9) Fabric R.Yk.Min.in Sur.Soc.3538 : Et in v c guletnaile, prec. 5 d.
- (1443) Fabric R.Yk.Min.in Sur.Soc.3558 : In j m. goletnaill, 4 s.
d
- (1305) Pat.R.Edw.I400 : Robert Gullet.
- (1327) Sub.R.Sus.in Sus.RS 10217 : Alic. Golet.
e
- (1373) EPNSoc.12 (Ess.)86 : Le Golet.
- (a1377) EPNSoc.12 (Ess.)86 : Le Gulet.
- (1470) EPNSoc.12 (Ess.)86 : Welde Colet.
- (1485) EPNSoc.12 (Ess.)86 : Wyldgolet.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. gullet.