Middle English Dictionary Entry
queintrelle n.
Entry Info
| Forms | queintrelle n. Also cointerel. |
| Etymology | OF cointerel adj. & n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A person of fashion; (b) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)160 : It folweth nouht that, thouh j be thus kembt and a litel make the queyntrelle [F fais la cointerelle], that for swich cause j am fair.
b
- (1223) Pat.R.Hen.III410 : Ralph Cointerell.
- (1250) Close R.Hen.III360 : Philip Coynterel.