Middle English Dictionary Entry
maller n.
Entry Info
| Forms | maller n. Also malre. |
| Etymology | From mallen v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A hammer or maul; (b) clot ~, ?a maul for smashing clods, ?a man who pounds clods or turf.
Associated quotations
a
- (1305) Court R.Lond.217 : [John le Cu..took away..one] malre.
b
- a1500 Medulla (Hrl 2257)83 : Glebarius: a clotte maller.