Middle English Dictionary Entry
peverāde n.
Entry Info
Forms | peverāde n. Also peverarde, pevorat, pevrate, (errors) peuard, peueruade. |
Etymology | From OF pevree & AF peivere (cp. CF poivre); cp. also ML piperata & F (16th-cent.) poivrade. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A peppery sauce served with meat; ~ sauce.
Associated quotations
- (a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)p.64 : Pevorat for Veel and Venyson.
- ?c1425 Arun.Cook.Recipes (Arun 334)440 : Pevrate Sause for Veel or Venison.
- ?c1425 Arun.Cook.Recipes (Arun 334)459 : Boor in Peverarde, or Braune in Peverarde. Take for a boor in peverarde the ribbes of a boore while thai be fresshe, [etc.].
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)11 : Brawn en Peuerade.
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)12 : Auter brawn en peuerade.
- c1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(2) (Hrl 4016)71 : Brawne in peuard [vr. peueruade].