Middle English Dictionary Entry
schulle n.
Entry Info
Forms | schulle n. |
Etymology | MLG schulle, scholle, MDu. scholle. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A kind of European flatfish, a plaice.
Associated quotations
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)759 : Mani god fish þer-inne he tok..Hering and þe makerel, Þe Butte, þe schulle, þe þornebake.
- (1373-5) Peace R.Lin.in Lin.RS 30228 : Forstallatores piscium videlicet buttys, schullys, codelynges, wilkys, et aliorum piscium.