Middle English Dictionary Entry
osete n.
Entry Info
| Forms | osete n. Also osed, (late) osette. |
| Etymology | ?From worsted; cp. var. worset. Also cp. MnE dial. & Scot. worset & DOST ousett. If the word is AF, its etymology in that language is a blank. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A kind of cloth, probably woolen; also, a piece of such cloth; (b) an instrument used in making cloth, probably a loom under a certain size used in making this cloth.
Associated quotations
a
- (1346) LRed Bk.Bristol2.4 : Item consensum est quod instrumenta pro Osetes faciendis decetero paciantur, ita quod stent in aulis et shopis juxta viam in conspectu populi.
- (1371) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.130 : [4 ells of] tawne [called] Osetegloth.
- (?a1400) LRed Bk.Bristol2.41 : Est ordeigne..qe..ne soient demurantz en la dite ville..fors v homes tanseulement vsant le dit mestier de Osetes.
- (1417) Anc.Deed (PRO) 6385 : [300 dozens of narrow cloths called] Osetys.
- (a1483) Tailors' Gild Exeter321 : John Walsche, aliis Kent, receyved of Edmond Colchet vj yerdes of blew osed to make hym a gowne.
- (c1490) LRed Bk.Bristol2.123 : Also that diuers persones of vntrue disposicion..haue sette vp Crafte of Osette Weuers in this worshipfull Towne.
b
- (?a1400) LRed Bk.Bristol2.40 : Les tistours vsantz lour mistier en instrumentz estreitz qe homme fait nomer Osetes.