Middle English Dictionary Entry
rachete n.
Entry Info
| Forms | rachete n. Also (Latinate) racheta, rashet(a, rasceta. |
| Etymology | OF rachete & ML racheta, raset(t)a, rasceta, from Ar. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Anat. (a) The wrist bones, carpus; also, the wrist; bones of the ~, the carpal bones; (b) the cuneiform and cuboid bones in the foot collectively.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)157/3,13 : Þe neþir ende of þese boonys ben ioyned with þe boonys of þe hand, þe whiche ben clepid rasceta, þat ben viij boonys..Alle þese boonys..as þe schuldris, elbowis, raschet..ben ioyned togidere bi mene of ligamentis.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)43a/b : Ciragra..nedeþ cauterizacioun after þe incedyng or goyng of þe bonez of þe rachete [L rachete].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)101a/a : To þe bonez of þe rachete [L Ossibus rasete] falleþ litel fracture, for þai ar ful hard.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)54a/b : The firste partie off þe two schiltrummes is cleped rascheta [*Ch.(1): racheta; L rasceta] oþer carpus; þe toþer partie is cleped pecten oþer methacorpus, and þen folowe þe fyngers.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)30b/b : Þe bonys of Racheta manus..beþ noumbrid eiȝte.
b
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)177/16 : Racheta of þe foot is maad of iiij boonis, & ben bounden togidere wiþ ligaturis.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)102a/a : Of rachete of þe fote [L De rasetta pedis]..þe rachete is seldom broken.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. racheta.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. rachete.