Middle English Dictionary Entry
pakking ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | pakking ger. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The action of packing wool, etc., into bundles; filling packing-cloths with articles; fals ~, deceitful packing; god (and due) ~, honest (and fair) packing.
Associated quotations
- [ (1341) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100542 : In Paknedel et Paktrede emp. pro lana pakkanda, 8 d. ]
- (1389-90) Statutes Realm2.64 : Null merchant nautre homme achate ses leynes par celles paroles Goodpakkyng, ne par autres paroles semblables.
- (1391) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.5235/17 : Pro vj vlnis cannevas..et pro pakkyng dictorum pannorum.
- (1419-20) Grocer Lond.in Bk.Lond.E.202/243 : The Cawse Off þis Ordenaunce was For Grete desseyt Off Fals pakkyng þat was Founden Inne Grene ȝinȝer To dysseyve þe Kyngges pepill with all.
- (1429) RParl.4.360b : And yat no manere Wolle pakker ne make withynne ye saide Roiaume but gode and due pakkyng, ne yat no man make noon inwynde withynne ye flese..ne yerynne to putte lokkys, pellewolle, terre stone, sond, erthe, ne gresse, ne noon oyer filthe.