Middle English Dictionary Entry
mask(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | mask(e n. Also masce, (error) maste. |
| Etymology | OE max (from *masc) & ON; cp. OI möskvi. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Mesh of a net; pl. the openings between the cords of a net, interstices.
Associated quotations
- (1343) Doc.in Riley Mem.Lond.215 : [The] masks [of the same nets..ought to be two inches wide].
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)329 : Maske of a nette: Macula.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)239/6 : Smale lytell fyssches skyppyn thruȝ þe maskys of a nett in-to þe watyr, & lyven.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)78a : A Maste [read: masce] of a nett: hamus, macula.