Middle English Dictionary Entry
shil-bō̆rd n.
Entry Info
| Forms | shil-bō̆rd n. |
| Etymology | ?From shẹ̄ld n. & bō̆rd n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Some kind of plank or board used in a mill, perh. as a protection from the water wheel; ~ clogge.
Associated quotations
- (1451-2) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99241 : Rob. Sawer pro sarracione i shilbordclogge et aliarum bordarum pro molendino de Milneburne.
- (1476-7) Doc.Finchale in Sur.Soc.6p.cccxxxvii : Et sarratoribus pro le shilbord molendini de Coxhowe, ac in diversis necessariis per tempus compoti, xiij s. iiij d.
- (1477-8) Doc.Finchale in Sur.Soc.6p.cccxl : Et sarratoribus pro le schilbord et in aliis necessariis, x s.