Middle English Dictionary Entry
pīling ger.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | pīling ger.(2) |
| Etymology | Cp. pīlen v.(3). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Lading; ~ up; (b) ?piling up an embankment of a ditch; ?driving piles to hold a dike [cp. ger.(1)].
Associated quotations
a
- (1434-6) Grocer Lond.(Kingdon)237 : Also paid For costis Freigh[t], cariage, Wharuage, and pilyng up of ij shippes of Waltill.
b
- [ (1467-8) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99155 : Pro mundacione suere de le Langmeredyke. ]
- (c1440) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99143 : In mundacione de langmerdyk cum le pylyng ibidem fact.
- (1443) Grocer Lond.(Kingdon)275 : Item, paide for al maner Costages of Beelding, that is to sey, Masonz, Carpenters..and for al maner costes in pileng of the diche.