Middle English Dictionary Entry
rochet n.
Entry Info
| Forms | rochet n. Also rochette. |
| Etymology | OF; also cp. AL rochetum. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. roket n.(1).
1.
An overgarment, esp. one worn by women; (b) an ecclesiastical vestment similar to a surplice, a rochet; also, a Hebrew priestly vestment, an ephod; (c) a border, band.
Associated quotations
a
- a1325 SLeg.(Corp-C 145)21/70-71 : As þis maide in hure beden sat, an angel þer com gon; A rochet inis hond he broȝte, wittore nemiȝte beo non; Þis maide dude on þis rochet for naked heo was er.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)4754 : Also wel wol love be set Under ragges, as riche rochet.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)435 : Rochet, clothe: Supara.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)4 : She hadde on a rochet beten with gold.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)563/40 : Anabolandium..a rochet.
- ?a1500 MS Roy.in Halliwell D.689 : Superior vestis mulierum: Anglice, a rochet.
b
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)10/19 : Her in is religiun, nawt i þe wide hod ne in þe blake cape, ne i þe hwite rochet ne i þe greie cuuel.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ex.28.4 : Þe cloþis of aaron..schull ben..a streyt rochett, a mytre, & a gyrdyll.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ex.29.5 : Þou schalt cloþ aaron with his cloþis, þat is to say, with rochett & coote & coope.
- c1390(?a1300) Stations Rome(1) (Vrn)501 : At seinte Marie þe maiour Þer is..an Arm..Of seint Thomas..And a Rochet þat is good, Al be-spreint with his blod.
- (1400) Will York in Sur.Soc.4513 : In primis respondent de c s. rec. de magistro Johanne Suthwell pro j superpellicio, ij amusiis, et j rochet.
- (a1422) Doc.St.Alb.in RS 28.5 pt.2 (Cld E.4)329 : Item, habentur duo rochetes.
- a1425 Roy.17.C.17 Nominale (Roy 17.C.17)649/42 : Hec poderis..rochytt.
- (1447-8) Acc.Yatton in Som.RS 486 : Item, y payde vor makyng of the rochette, ij d.
- (1454-5) Acc.St.Ewen in BGAS 15150 : Item, a nother old Surplice for the parson, with a Rochette for the clerk and ij smal rochettys for the chylder.
- (1458-60) Acc.St.Andrew Hubbard in BMag.31248 : For vij ellys and quarter of lynyn clothes for iij rochetts for the quere, with the makyng, iiij s. ix d. ob.
- (1467) Acc.St.John Peterb.in Antiq.51463 : Delyvered to Renold Merbury and Willm Glynton to pay Syr Wyllm Kysby for ij rochets to the parych prest and clerk, v s. vj d.
- (1469-70) Acc.St.Michael Oxf.in OAST 7873 : Item, pro uno rochet pro clerico cum factura, ii s.
- (1478-80) Acc.St.Andrew Hubbard in BMag.3237 : Payde..for mendyng and makyng of Rochettes, xvj d.
c
- a1425 Roy.17.C.17 Nominale (Roy 17.C.17)654/28 : Hec inchila [?read: instita]..rochett.
- a1500 Mayer Nominale (Mayer)734/20 : Hec instita: a rochyt.