Middle English Dictionary Entry
pē̆l(e n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | pē̆l(e n.(2) Also pale, pile. |
| Etymology | OF pele, pale & ML pāla, pela, pila. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A baker's shovel, a peel; also, a representation of a baker's peel in a coat of arms [quot.: a1475].
Associated quotations
- (1396) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)6.116 : [In the bakehouse..an iron] pele.
- (1397) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)6.176 : [A] pele [for the oven, worth 8 d.].
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)155/9 : Þe spawde-boon..is lich to a pele [L pale] wiþ þe whiche men setten breed into þe ouene.
- a1425 Roy.17.C.17 Nominale (Roy 17.C.17)663/27 : Nomina Pertinencia ad Pistrinum..Hec pela: pele.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)52b/a : Þe schulder bone is liche to a pele [*Ch.(1): pale; Ch.(2): reeme or a table; L palle], for it is brode and þenne on þe backe halfe wiþ a þinne eminence a midwarde.
- (1446) Invent.Lytham in Chet.n.s.6079 : In primis ij hovyns, ij pelis, j malyn, j colrake, j muldyngbord.
- (1449) Will York in Sur.Soc.45112 : Coquina..De j peele ferreo, iiij d.
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)50 : Þan take a dysshe y-fastenyd on þe pelys ende & pore þin comade in-to þe dyssche, & fro þe dyssche in-to þe cofyns.
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)51 : Take a pele with a dyssche on þe ende.
- c1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(2) (Hrl 4016)73 : Þen take a pile, and a dissh fastned there-on, and fill þe coffyns therewith of the seid stuffe and late hem bake a while.
- (1452) Will York in Sur.Soc.45136 : Et in coquina Ebor. de pretio..j pele ferri, ij d.
- a1475(a1450) Tourn.Tott.(Hrl 5396)124 : In myn armys i bere wele A doȝ trogh and a pele.
- ?a1475 PParv.(Win)331 : Peel for þe ovyn: Palmula.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)93b : A pele: pela [Monson: pala].
- a1500 Mayer Nominale (Mayer)725/14 : Nomina Domo Pertinencia..Hec pala: a pele.
- ?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)808/34 : Hoc furnorium, Hec pila: pyle.
- ?a1500 Trin-C.LEDict.Suppl.(Trin-C O.5.4)599/38 : Pala..Item dicitur latum instrumentum ferreum ad opus ignis: a pele.
- ?a1500 Trin-C.LEDict.Suppl.(Trin-C O.5.4)600/46 : Patina: a Peele.