Middle English Dictionary Entry
quartelet(te n.
Entry Info
| Forms | quartelet(te n. Also quartelot, quartlet. |
| Etymology | OF quartelet & ML quartelettus; cp. F (16th cent.) cartelette, cartellotte a pint (liquid measure). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
?A vessel of volume smaller than the standard quart; ?a vessel of pint volume; ~ pot, pot ~.
Associated quotations
- (1432) Will York in Sur.Soc.3027 : Lego..vj s.viij d. cum uno pare de quartillets.
- (1452) Will York in Sur.Soc.45130 : ij ollarum quartelottes.
- (1453) Will York in Sur.Soc.30191 : ij pottis quarttelettis of silver covered.
- (1459) Doc.in Macray Reg.Magd.Oxf.14 : ii grete quartelet pottys of sylver.
- (1459) Invent.Fastolf(1) in Paston Letters (Add Charter 17247:Gairdner)3.171 : Item, ij quartelettes of dyvers sortes.
- (1459) Invent.Fastolf(2) in Paston Letters (Gairdner)3.187 : Item, j payre quartletts of one sorte.
- (a1460) Proc.Chanc.in Cal.PCEliz.1.p.1 : ij quartletz of silver.