Middle English Dictionary Entry
pariet n.
Entry Info
| Forms | pariet n. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The abdominal wall; (b) the wall of a room; ? = parget, q.v.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)143a/a : Off sikenez of þe pariete, i. walle, of þe wombe [Ch.(2): heiȝte of þe wombe; L parietis ventris].
- a1450 Chauliac(4) (Cai 336/725)32/18 : Þe 6 co.: Of greuauncis of þe pariet or sidis of þe wombe, as is struttynge of þe nauele or hernia of þe wombe.
b
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)5285 : A chambre Was parraillid all of plate-gold, pariet & oþire, With stoute starand stanes.