Middle English Dictionary Entry
hostilment n.
Entry Info
| Forms | hostilment n. Also ostil-, h)ustil-, host(i)el-, houstil-. Pl. hostilmentes, etc. & ustilmentz, ustilmence. |
| Etymology | OF h)ostillement, h)ustilement |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A utensil, implement, piece of furniture or equipment; utensils, equipment, furnishings, household goods; -- usually pl. or coll.
Associated quotations
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ex.30.27 : Þou schalt anoynt of it..þe bord with his vessels & þe candilstyke & þe hustilmentis [altered to: nessessaries; WB(2): purtenaunce; L utensilia] of it.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ex.39.32 : Þey offerden up þe tabernacle & þe rofe & alle þe hustylment [L supellectilem], ringis, tablis, beeryng staues, pylers, & fotestakis.
- (1417-8) EEWills39/23 : All the Ostelmentes schele be sold.
- (1418) EEWills35/19 : I wolle that sir Iohn Hogenes..haue and reioise alle the hustilmentis of Beddyng, hallyng, pottys & pannes, & peauter vessell.
- a1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)24/32 : Þat tabbesse sal ta yeme of alle þing þat fallis til þe hus, and of vstilement.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)2.pr.5.133 : It nedeth of ful manye helpynges to kepyn the diversite of precious ostelementz [L supellectilis].
- (c1439) *Proc.Chanc.PRO ser.C 1 file 9no.119 : Sir Thomas to yelde damagez..vnto the value..of the said vtensill and vstilmentz.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)228 : Harneys, or hustylment [KC: instrumentys longynge to howsolde]: Utensile.
- (1443-4) Grocer Lond.(Kingdon)276/19 : Resseyvid of the seyd John Bekyngham diuerse ostelmentes left in the same schoppe.
- (a1446) in Willis & C.Cambridge 1p.lvii : He hyrd hym loginge..for harbergach of his stor and hustilmentes for his howseholde.
- (1448) *Will Sud.Ipsw.PR 2f.106 : Alle the bankeres & kusshynes with the hallyng..& all the bras & pewter & alle othir hostilmentes.
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.96 : Mykell help ȝow nedeþ..for to kepe ȝoure precious hostilment [vr. hostielment].
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.97 : Þe will and veyn possessioun Of suche ded vnsauled hostilmentys [vrr. vstilmence, hustylmentes, houstylment].
- ?c1450 in Aungier Syon Mon.253 : If any..lese any ustelment of the monastery, vessel, instrument or other.
- (1463) Will Bury in Camd.4922 : I wille my executours delyuere hire certeyne stuffe of ostilment..that is to seye, my grene hanggyd bedde..with the curtynez, the grene keveryng longgyng therto.
- (1463) Will Bury in Camd.4925 : The seid William..to haue..tablys, trestelys, cuppeburd bankers, kusshones..with al my napry, sillours, testers, curteynes, and keveryng of beddis..pewter vessell, cofferys, and tubbes, wid alle othir ostilmentys generally.
- (1469) Paston (Gairdner)5.55 : Except gonnes, crossebows, and quarells, and alle other hostelments, to the seid maneur..belonginge.
- (1470) Will York in Sur.Soc.45185 : To Johane, my wiff, all my graynez and catallez wyth ustilmentes and ornamentes to my householde in ony wise perteynyng.
- c1475(c1450) Idley Instr.(Cmb Ee.4.37)2.B.1765 : This ostilmentis..be but litell in valow.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)66a : A Hustilment: Supellex, supellectile, vtensile.