Middle English Dictionary Entry
raster n.
Entry Info
| Forms | raster n. |
| Etymology | From ML rastūra. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
In cpds. only: ~ cloth, a towel, shaving cloth; ~ hous, a barbershop.
Associated quotations
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)424 : Rastyr [Win: Rasyr] howse, or schavyng howse: Barbitondium.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)108/30 : When þis barbur come to shafe þis gude man, as he was in wetyng of hym he lukid vpon þe raster clathe.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)102a : A Raster clothe: Ralla.
- 1483 Cath.Angl.(Monson 168)300 : A Raster [Add: Raser] house: barbitondium, tonsorium.