becche - Middle English Compendium

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Middle English Dictionary Entry

becche n.

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Entry Info

Forms	becche n. Also beche, beȝche.
Etymology	OF besche, beche.

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.

A spade; clensing ~, a cleaning spade used by brewers.

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(1288) Doc.Kingswood in BGAS 22234 : [Also in] Beches [4 d.].
?a1300 Gloss.Neckam (Tit D.20)111 : Spatum: beȝche; spade.
(1336) Doc.in Riley Mem.Lond.194 : [One] clensing becche [value 4 d.].
1662(1278-81) Bk.Vale Royal in LCRS 68 (Hrl 2064)195 : [For 10] bechis [and] triwlis.