Middle English Dictionary Entry
rọ̄k(e n.(3)
Entry Info
| Forms | rọ̄k(e n.(3) Also roche. |
| Etymology | OF roc, rok, roch & ML rocus, rochus. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Chess A rook, castle; also, a representation of a rook in a coat of arms.
Associated quotations
- c1330(?a1300) Guy(2) (Auch)p.426 : Wiþ a roke he brac his heued þan.
- (c1426) Audelay Poems (Dc 302)21/319 : After chec fore þe roke, ware fore þe mate.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)436 : Rook, of the chesse: Rocus.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)11397 : Somme þat wolde nought of þe tabler Drowe forthe meyne for þe cheker Wyþ draughtes queinte of knight & rok.
- c1450(?c1408) Lydg.RS (Frf 16)6717 : Hyr Rokys, at eche corner oon Wer makyd of a ryche stoon.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)139 : J biheeld a fair chirche in a pleyn founded bisides a chekeer Wher there weren ches bothe grete and smale, Of which j sigh rookes and knyghtes and the king.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)1812 : The next drauȝt aftir, he toke a roke for nauȝte.
- (c1460) Bk.Arms in Anc.5 (Hrl 2169)185 : [Party cheveronwise gules and ermine with three chess] rokys [of ermine in the chief].
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)15210 : By sleyhte off my drawyng, I overkome bothe Rook and kyng.
- a1475 Chess(1) (Porter)602 : Yf he draw in to A, drawe þe rok into B; yf he draw into C, draw þe same rok into D & mate at þe next.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Hrl 7333)71 : The fourth, scil. þe rook, he holdith length & brede, and takith vp what so is in his way.
- a1500 Hrl.1002 Gloss.(Hrl 1002)626 : Rex, rocus, alphinus, miles, regina, pedinus: kyng, roche, alphyn, knyȝt, quene, pewne.