Middle English Dictionary Entry
pē̆l n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | pē̆l n.(2) Also pele, pelle, pail. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. pal n.
1.
(a) A hide or skin; a furred skin used as lining or trim on a garment; also, a cloak or mantle of such material; (b) a piece of parchment, esp. a receipt roll of the Exchequer; (c) ~ wol, inferior wool, as that taken from the skins of dead sheep; (d) in surnames.
Associated quotations
a
- [ (1349) Wardrobe Acc.Edw.III(1) in Archaeol.3139 : iiij pelles de bazano..vj pelles de Roan. ]
- [ (1391) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.5292/33 : Pro j pelle de coreo..x s. ]
- [ (1395) Will York in Sur.Soc.454 : Garderopa: Una toga de blodio cum pelle grisia..Toga sanguinea cum pelle bissina. ]
- [ (1395) Will York in Sur.Soc.454 : Toga nova de blodio, mixto cum pelle de bevyr..Toga de skarlet cum pelle depurata. ]
- [ (1400) Will York in Sur.Soc.4521 : Elemosinæ..Cuidam pauperi..j pilche de pelle ovino, robustum. ]
- (1403) Will York in Sur.Soc.4525 : Item, j pell, iiij d.
- (1432) in Mun.Magd.Oxf.[OD col.]11 : Item, iiij peles, iij quessones, unde i de cerico.
- (1451) Pet.Hen.VI in Archaeol.Ael.n.s.3187 : Pro cc pellis lanutis et continentibus iij quarteria, xx pelles.
b
- (1434) Proc.Privy C.4.266 : A question was axede hem of a somme of v c marces set in þe rolle callede þe pelle of þe receite of þe seide eschequier.
- (1454) RParl.5.249a : That it be entred in the pele of your receipt, that the seid x m. Marcs is money lent to you by the seid Maire.
- (1454) RParl.5.272b : Money lent..may appere in the peele of the Resceyt of youre Eschequer of Record.
c
- (1404) Doc.in Riley Mem.Lond.559 : [Divers folks..do make divers works in the said trade with] pelwolle [and] coursewolle [to dye the same the colour of scarlet].
- (1429) RParl.4.360b : Be hit ordeined yat..no manere Wolle pakker..atte ye wyndyng of his Wolle, ne yerynne to putte lokkys, pellewolle, terre stone, sond, erthe, ne gresse, ne noon oyer filthe.
- (1442) RParl.5.61a : Please it your noble grace, to ordeyne..that ther be put in noon of thoo Worstedes, eny Lambe woll, nor Pell woll.
d
- (1297) Sub.R.Yks.in YASRS 16105 : Thom. Pelle.
- (1332) Nickname in LuSE 55140 : Joh. Payldecerf.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1436 Ipswich Domesday(2) (Add 25011)191 : Of eche C wulle skynnys or pealed passing outland .. iiij d. [Ipswich Domesday(1): De chescun c des peals lannes ou pelees passaunt horde terre .. iiij d.]
Note: New spelling
Note: Evidently 'pealed' is an error for the plural of 'peal', presumably due to a mistaken reading of the French as a past participle.