Middle English Dictionary Entry
mesh n.
Entry Info
| Forms | mesh n. |
| Etymology | OE max; cp. mask(e n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A mesh of a net; fig. a mesh of the snare of sin.
Associated quotations
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Job 18.8 : He hath sent hise feet in to a net, and he goith in the meschis [vr. meshis or knyttingis; WB(1): filthis; L maculis] therof.