Middle English Dictionary Entry
mǒuntaunt n.
Entry Info
| Forms | mǒuntaunt n. Pl. mountantes, mountaunts & mountauns, mountaines. |
| Etymology | OF montant adj. & n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) An upright post or stud; (b) astrol. ascendant.
Associated quotations
a
- (1329) in Salzman Building in Engl.212 : Mountauns.
- (1330-32) in Smith Antiq.Westminster (1807) [OD col.]207 : [Six pieces of timber, called] mountaynes [ready prepared for the said chapel].
- (1439) in Salzman Building in Engl.511 : The spandres of the braas with mountantes, lyernys, braces, raftheris.
- (1449) Proc.Chanc.in Cal.PCEliz.2.p.1v : Beames, mountaunts..rafturs.
b
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)112/3,6 : Stable þou þe mountant, or þe vpspryngand, yn þe tokenynge of þe Lyon..And stable with þe mountant, or þe hous of þe mountant, yn þe house of Marz.