Middle English Dictionary Entry
pumpe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | pumpe n. Also pomp(e. |
| Etymology | Prob. MDu. or MLG; cp. late MDu. pompe, MLG pumpe. Late OF pompe was borrowed from one of these. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A mechanical device to raise and expel bilge water from a ship, a pump; ~ yerde, ?a handle for a pump.
Associated quotations
- (1420) *For.Acc.(PRO) 3 Hen.VI F/2 [OD col.] : j ferrum vocatum pompȝerde.
- (a1422) Doc.in Nicolas Navy 2444 : [A ship had cisterns and a] pompe [for drawing water].
- (1427) *For.Acc.(PRO) 61 [OD col.] : Virga pro le pumpe.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)416 : Pumpe [Win: Pumppe] of a schyppe, or oþer lyke: Hauritorium.
- (1466) Acc.Howard in RC 57205 : My mastyr paid to Willyam Dolffyn for a pompe, v polyves, and odre aparaylle for the spynas, xvij d.
- c1500 Men may leue (Trin-C R.3.19)70 : When that we shall go to bedde, The pumpe was nygh oure beddes hede.