Middle English Dictionary Entry
pēcen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | pēcen v. Also pesen; p.ppl. i)pesed. |
| Etymology | From pēce n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To mend (clothing) with patches; repair (sth.); ppl. peced, patched; (b) ppl. peced, made or broken into pieces; of a bow: made up of sections joined together.
Associated quotations
a
- ?c1430(c1400) Rule & T.St.Francis(1) (Corp-C 296)41 : Be alle freris cloþid wiþ foule cloþis, & þei may pese hem aȝen or cloute hem of sacchis & oþere pecis.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)388 : Pecyn, or set pecys to a thynge, or clowtyn: Repecio, reb[r]occo, sarcio.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)93b : To pece: Assuere.
- c1525 Rule & T.St.Francis(2) (Fst D.4)564 : We were content with oone coote pesyd bothe within forthe and without forthe.
b
- (1419-20) Will in Bk.Lond.E.220/33 : Y beqwethe..to Robard leget my pesid Bowe.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)158 : Do þerto a quartor of medwex smale y pesed [vr. in smal pecis].