Middle English Dictionary Entry
marbrin adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | marbrin adj. Also marberin & marbelin, merbelin. |
| Etymology | OF; also cp. ME marble . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Made of marble; (b) of cloth: mottled, variegated; (c) as noun: a kind of cloth with a particolored weave or design.
Associated quotations
a
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)4353 : Make we na vessall of virre..ne marbryn werkis.
- c1450 When the son (Frf 16)364 : Ha beaute, ha youthe ere cheyned I fere In hyr mekely nek bothe white and clere, Lyke a piler polysshed marbelyn.
b
- (1319) Doc.in Riley Mem.Lond.131 : [Also, one] marbryn [brown medley].
- (1345-9) Wardrobe Acc.Edw.III(1) in Archaeol.31101 : xviij vln. panni marberyn long de Brucell.
- (1347-9) Wardrobe Acc.Edw.III(1) in Archaeol.3111 : iij vln. panni..marberyn in Grano.
c
- (1446) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.104 : [2 cloths of] merbelyn.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 Trin-C.R.14.45 Recipes (Trin-C R.14.45) 124/5 : If þy skynne schal be blewe, þe most first prime hit with a lauour of blak and whit groundyn togeder in þe maner of a marbryne colour.
Note: ?New sense. Glossary: "marbryne adj. 'marbled (colour effect)'." New spelling (marbrine)