Middle English Dictionary Entry
materas n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | materas n.(1) Also materace, -az, -es(se, -is, matteras, matras(e, -ace, -es(se, -ice; pl. materases, matrasez, -aces, -izez & materas(e, -asz, matras(se, -es, mattresse, (error) martras. |
| Etymology | OF materas 'mattress' & ML mat(e)racium, materasium, mat(e)ricia; ult. Ar. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A mattress or pad for a bed; also, bedcover, quilt; (b) ~ makere, a mattress maker; standard ~, ~ standard, ?a mattress on permanent frame, a stationary mattress [cp. stonding bed]; (c) anat. support, resting place, pad.
Associated quotations
a
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)188/125 : Maketh a bed..Of quoiltene and of materasz [Corp-C: materas], of cheisel and of palle, And..leggez him þar-on.
- (1303) Doc.in Riley Mem.Lond.50 : [One] materaz [..one blanket].
- (1341) Will York in Sur.Soc.43 : Duo lynthiamina ac unum materas.
- (1354) Doc.Finchale in Sur.Soc.6p.xxxvi : Camera..j tela staminis..ij materase.
- (c1380) Stonor Suppl.2 : We lefte wt the scollemastyr of Ewuellme ij cheuerlettis, ij blanketts..a materis, an a bolstyr.
- (1388) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)5.52 : [4 sheets, a] blanket, [a] materace.
- (1388) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)5.88 : [At Harpeswell he had 6] matras [of linen cloth, another] matras [called] cochur.
- (1393) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.52281/25 : Pro j materas, j fetherbed cum j bolster.
- (1395) EEWills5/7 : My secunde best fetherbed, with caneuas materas.
- (1395) Will York in Sur.Soc.453 : Unum materes de albo..Aliud materes cum animalibus de putes.
- (1397) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)6.74 : Quiltes [and] matrasse [worth 26 s. 8 d.].
- (1397) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)6.90 : [A pair of sheets, 2] materases, [a] tester [with half a] selour.
- (1400) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)7.79 : [2] matraces [and 2] canevaces.
- (1412) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)7.233 : [A] materas [of blue] bokeram stuffed [with] coton..[18] materas [sold at divers times].
- (1421) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)7.353 : [A] materas lyned [with green] tarteryn.
- (?c1422) Hoccl.ASM (Dur-U Cosin V.3.9)779 : Now wole y voide fethirbeddes softe, The pilwes nesshe and esy materas On whiche my careyne hath tymes ofte Walkid and leyn.
- (1423) Will York in Sur.Soc.4571 : Pro v parvis mattresse.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)98a/b : A bed of al matrizez in which he lye And if it be nede be it persed for to sege.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)146a/a : And lie he vpon his backe in a bedde of a matrice [Ch.(2): made with a matrace].
- (1432) Will York in Sur.Soc.3022 : Item, to Annas Weston j matres yt I lige on.
- (1443-4) in Gras Eng.Cust.Syst.643 : In divers matrasez et sakketz.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)127 : Donge, matrasse [Win: matras]: Culcitra, matracia, lodex.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)329 : Matteras [KC: matrace; Win: materas], vndyr clothe of a bed: Lodix.
- (1444) Will Daubeney in Som.RS 19341 : Y wol she have a wurstede hangyng and bed of blak bokeram and ffetherbed, iij martras, iij peyre of my best shites wt iiij coverlettes, iiij quyltes.
- (1444) Will Daubeney in Som.RS 19341 : A bedde of Arrasse..wt ffetherbed, iij byggest matras, iij coverlettes.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)139.144 (v.2:p.390) : A kyrtyl and an vnthryfty mentyl was euene curyng of hyre body owtward, the bare ground or to-cuttyng of wynys at the moste was hyre matras, a blokkis ende hyre pilwe.
- c1460(a1449) Lydg.Cock (Hrl 2255)66 : Lyk a materas redlyd was his coote.
- (1450) Lin.DDoc.39/17 : Item, the best ffetherbed & the best Matrasse with the best bolster.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)13/17 : I was herberd..betwix ij white shetis, opon a softe matres.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)145/25 : As hur fadur was slepand vndernethe a matres, sho smoryd hym odead.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)583/21 : Filtrum: a quylte, or a materas.
- (1465) Paston (Gairdner)4.201 : In beddyng, ij ffeder bedds with ij bolsters, iiij materas with iiij bolsters.
- (1472-3) RParl.6.37b : Item iiii Matres.
- (1474) Let.Bk.Lond.L (Gldh LetBk L)121 : Materas stuffed wt here and Flokkes and sold for Flokkes.
- (?1474) Stonor1.147 : j peyr of blankettes, and a matres for þe truckle bedde yn þe same chambur.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)78a : A matres: Cento, ferocia, matracia, filtrum, fultrum.
- a1486 Knts.Bath in Archaeol.57 (Mrg M 775)68 : A matras, a payre of blanketis, a payre of shetis, a Covyrlite.
- a1500(c1437) Brut-1436 (Lamb 6)582/31 : With side Iakes..of kanuas..Stoppid al with hempen tawe..Stiched like a matrace.
- (a1500) Collect.Anglo-Premonst.in RHS ser.3.6264 : Item, in camera, a fedder bed, ix matres, ii bolsters.
b
- (1380) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms215 : Ric. Materesse Maker.
- (1381) RParl.3.112b : Johannes Sutton, Materas-maker.
- (1397) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)6.169 : [A] materas standard.
- (1415) Reg.Chichele in Cant.Yk.S.42 (Lamb 69)46 : A materas of rede sendell; item j standard materas of blew card; item a white materas of smal lynnen cloyth paled of þe myddel assise.
- (1421) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms215 : Will. Colman, materas-maker.
c
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)40a/b : [Ligaments] schulde ben a sege & a resting place & a matras of summe sinewes in þe ioyntes.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)55b/a : Þe villes of þe forseide fleische in tyme of nede and of reste mowe dwelle and abide as a matrace to þe forseide corde.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)64a/b : Þe loynes ben behynde þe Reynes beside þe spondiles, vppon þe whiche þey lyen as on her matras [Ch.(2): as in here pylowe or softenesse].
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)46/9 : Vnder it [the tongue] beþ glandulouse flesshes..Þay beeþ ordeyned as his matresse and moystyng place.