Middle English Dictionary Entry
railen v.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | railen v.(2) Also raile, raillen; p.ppl. i)railed. |
| Etymology | From raile n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To support (a vine, plant) with a rail or stake; provide with a rail; ~ up, prop up (plants); (b) ppl. railed as adj.: enclosed with rails, fenced off.
Associated quotations
a
- (?1387) Wimbledon Serm.(Corp-C 357)63/35 : But ȝif þe vine be kut, he schal wexe wilde; but ȝif she be rayled, she shal be ouergoo wiþ netles and wedis.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)422 : Rayle [Win: Raylyn] vynys: Retico. Raylyd, as wynys: Reticatus.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)1.805 : Now rayle [L adminiculis opus est adiuvare] hem [the shoots], and of closure is no doute.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)3.601 : They that schal of sedes bere a bell Let rayle hem vp.
- c1450 Y wandryng (Lin-O Lat.129)45 : Rose hathe raylyd vp rosemary an hyȝe.
b
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.820 : This yerd was large, and rayled [vr. railled] all th' aleyes.
- (1437-9) Grocer Lond.(Kingdon)254 : For Reparacion of ye Gardyn For ij yer hole and nw Raylyd throwe oute.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)291 : Many a herbe grewe..And al the Aleyis feir I-parid, I-raylid, & I-makid.
- c1500(?a1437) ?Jas.I KQ (SeldArch B.24)st.31 : Now was there maid fast by the touris wall A gardyn faire, and in the corneris set Ane herber grene with wandis long and small Railit about.