Middle English Dictionary Entry
pacche n.
Entry Info
| Forms | pacche n. Also patche, pahche, pachche. |
| Etymology | ?OE *pæcce; ?OF *pache, var. of piece, cp. pieche, peche. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A cloth patch on a garment; patch on a shoe; also fig.; (b) a piece of cloth placed on a wound.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Josh.9.5 : Þei..tokyn to hem..fol olde shoon þe whiche to þe doom of oldnes been souwed wiþ patchis.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Mark 2.21 : No man seweth a pacche [WB(2): patche] of rude, or newe, clothe to an old clothe, ellis he takith awey the newe supplement, or pacche, and a more brekynge is maad.
- c1400 *Bk.Mother (Bod 416:Everett)145/2 : And sewe no mo pacches þeron, turninge aȝeyn to þy synnes, for as mony synnes and uices, so mony cloutes and pacches in þe soule.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)3.210 : Glad Pouerte..resemblid off look & figure A rekles woman..A thousend pachchis vpon hir garnement.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)377 : Patche [vr. pahche], or clowt sett on a thynge: Scrutum, pictacium.
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)97/6 : He founde a pylgreme that had his govne sved full of patches and a cappe full of broches.
- (c1456) Pecock Faith (Trin-C B.14.45)250 : A tale or a tiding, bi the tyme that it hath runne thorouȝ iiii or v mennys mouthis, takith pacchis and cloutis, and is chaungid in dyvers parties.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)17172 : She hadde also A garnement shape lyk a sak..Gret noumbre ther-on I tolde, Off cloutys and off pachchys olde.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)147/10 : Þei muste nedis be compellid for to sette ferþer to alle þese now seid pacchis þe articlis of bileeue.
- a1500 Galawnt pride (RwlPoet 34)7 : Galawntt, with thy curtesy Thow brekyst thy hose at kne, And with a pacche þou clowtyst Aye.
b
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)119/6 : Henry..putteþ also vppon a plate smale pacche [read: pacches; L plagellas] of towghe dipped in þe whyte of an ey.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)193/5 : Take two grete pacches of cloþ þ[r]e cornerede after þe quantite of þe membre.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.48rb (2.6) : For to haue þe lep ȝere euermore wiþout eny studye or wiþout eny acontyng, and euermore þe Sonday lettre wiþout eny kalender..se by þis figure þat stant on þe pacche.
Note: New sense. Editor's gloss: 'a patch, a piece of vellum or paper inserted in a manuscript'. Harvey and Tavormina note: þis figure þat stant on þe pacche: Referring to the small volvelle now attached to f. 51*/52, which aids in calculating dominical letters.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. patch.