Middle English Dictionary Entry
rōve n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | rōve n.(2) Also rof(e, roef & (errors) ros, ruse. |
| Etymology | ON: cp. Norw. Lappish rovve, ruövve (s.v. rō) clinch plate; cp. MnE dial. roove, rove, (Scot.) ruve. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Coll. Metal plates for clinching nails; ~ nail, nails used with a clinch plate.
Associated quotations
- (1336-7) *Acc.Exch.K.R.19/31.m.5 [OD col.] : Computat..in Ml.Ml.Ml. Clynt' et Ros [read: Rof] emptis de Iohanne..fabro..xxx s.
- (1358-9) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 1144 : In..D. de rofenaill.
- (1406) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.103606 : Item, in exp. Ricardi Couhird..pro seme et Ruse [read: Rufe], 2 s.
- (1419-22) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 1138 : In..diuers' ferr' vocat' Clench' & Roff.
- (1424-5) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 1138 : In..clauis de diuersis sortibus Clenche cum roeff.
- (1441-2) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 1138 : De diuers' ferr'..prouen' et infra et extra eandem Nauem inuent' et recuperat' videlicet bolt', Clenche, et Rooff.
- (1474-5) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.103645 : Et sol. Thome Witwang, Shipwright, cum 2 famulis, operantibus circa reparacionem medietatis de le Ferybote de Billyngham hoc anno, cum seme, rove, clavis ferr..42 s. 10 d.