Middle English Dictionary Entry
port-pain n.
Entry Info
| Forms | port-pain n. |
| Etymology | ?AF; cp. ME port(e in porte-lọ̄f, & pain n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A cloth for covering or carrying bread.
Associated quotations
- (1454) Grocer Lond.(Kingdon)356 : Item, ij Portpaynes covrser cloth, Flemysshe.
- (1467) Acc.Howard in RC 57400 : Item, for xij elles of lynnen clothe for portepaynes, pryse the elle, v d.
- a1475 Russell Bk.Nurt.(Hrl 4011)262 : To þe port-payne forthe ye passe.