Middle English Dictionary Entry
prīal n.
Entry Info
| Forms | prīal n. Also prial(l)e, priol. |
| Etymology | ?Cp. Du. priegelen to sew with fine stitches & MLG priger?leech line. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. brail n. and pareil n.(2).
1.
?A kind of horizontal brail or an additional central parrel holding the belly of the sail to the mast; ~ rop = prial [see Sandahl ME Sea Terms 3 70-78].
Associated quotations
- (1399-1401) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 371 : De shetes ij. De prialropes iiij. De Strikeropes ij.
- (1404-6) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 371 : ij lollers, iiij ropes pro prioles, ij strykeropes.
- (1417) *For.Acc.(PRO) 8 Hen.V D/1 dorso [OD col.] : j rope pro priales, j rope pro yerderopes.
- (1417) *For.Acc.(PRO) 8 Hen.V D/1 dorso D/2 [OD col.] : Yerderopes ij halyers ij Prialle ropes.
- (1419-22) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 371 : j haunser de filo nigro Zeland pro ȝerdrop et Prialrop.
- (1420-21) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 371 : j rope pro priales.
- (1422-7) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 371 : Pro ȝerdropes & priall Ropes.
- (1424-5) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 374 : Prialleropis.
- (1432-7) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 374 : Prialeropes.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: The etymology suggested here is that advanced by B. Sandahl, Middle English Sea-Terms 3:70-76, whose discussion concerning the meaning and history of the term, as well as its possible derivation from or confusion with brail and pareil n.(2) should be consulted.