Middle English Dictionary Entry
ornel n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ornel n. Also ournal, urnel, urnal. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
An inferior type of stone used for building purposes and for paving; ~ ston.
Associated quotations
- (1338) in Salzman Building in Engl.129 : [400 stones of Maydenston called] ournal [bought, for 22 s., for the water-gate of the Tower].
- (1348) *Acc.Exch.K.R.471/1.m.3 [OD col.] : Pro ijc pedibus de Vrnal.
- (1349) in Salzman Building in Engl.129 : Urnel stone of Kent [for the postern].
- (1365) in Brayley & Britton Hist.Anc.Pal.Westm.(1836) [OD col.]187 : [5675 feet of stone called] urnell.
- (1369) Fabric R.Rochester in Archaeol.Cant.2114 : [Stone called] Urnel.
- (1393) in Salzman Building in Engl.147 : [1, 100 ft. of the similar stone called] urnel.
- (1432) Grocer Lond.(Kingdon)212 : Item pur Ornell stone iiij fot a x s.
- (1442-3) in Willis & C.Cambridge 1388 : Fraught of c j quarter and a-half of Ornel contenyng iij tonne fro London vn to the College.