Middle English Dictionary Entry
scaffe n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | scaffe n.(2) Also scoffe. |
| Etymology | ML scaffa, prob. confused with staffa. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Surg. A surgical apparatus, resembling a shoe or stirrup, used in gaining traction on a dislocated elbow.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)104a/a : Rogerine putteþ a maner of a talone, i. hiele, & a scoffe.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)104a/b : Maner forsoþ wiþ a scoffe [Ch.(2): schoe; L scaffa] & wiþ a hiele and a kne is apropried for þis dislocacioun..Þai ar made þus scaffez or a brode long bend vpon þe eminence and whilez þe arme is strecched it bounden with his fote to þe maner of a strombe, i. stirep..bi þe Maister sodanly drawen bacward þe arme is plied to þe shuldre.