Middle English Dictionary Entry
banastre n.
Entry Info
| Forms | banastre n. Also banost. |
| Etymology | OF banast(r)e |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
One of a pair of hampers (to be slung over the back of a beast of burden).
Associated quotations
- (1350-1) Acc.Ironworks in Archaeol.64159 : Item in j pare banostis empto xij d.
- (1409) Acc.Iron Master in EHR 14527 : Soluta pro factura ii parium novarum bannasters xxii d.
- (1409) Acc.Iron Master in EHR 14528 : Et in i pari banastres de novo facto pro petra inportanda xii d.