Middle English Dictionary Entry
pointere n.
Entry Info
| Forms | pointere n. Also pointour & (surnames only) puintur, pontour, pounter & (error) ponyter. |
| Etymology | From pointen v.(1); for forms, cp. pointe n.(1) & pointel n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A tiler; (b) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- (1389) Doc.in EGilds184 : Tegulatores Lincolnie qui poyntours vulgariter nuncupantur.
- (1389) Doc.in EGilds185 : [No] tyler [nor] poyntour [shall stay in the city, unless he enters the gild].
b
- (1212) CRR(2) 6286 : Ricardus le Puintur.
- (1308-14) Rec.Oriel in OHS 85379 : Bartholomeus le Pointer.
- (1327) Sub.R.Som.in Som.RS 396 : Johannes Ponyter.
- a1500(1384) Cart.Boarstall in OHS 88143 : John Pontour.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Dates of two quots. under sense (a) corrected from (?1346) to (1389).
Note: Not clear if 'tyler' and 'poyntour' in the second quot. should be regarded as strictly synonymous or as complementary, e.g. as denoting those who lay tile and those who grout and point it.