Middle English Dictionary Entry
shot-bō̆rd n.
Entry Info
| Forms | shot-bō̆rd n. Also shotebord, shat-, (errors) scocbord, cotbord; pl. shotebordes, shotbord, sotbord. |
| Etymology | Prob. from MLG schot wood for flooring, paneling, wainscoting, or roofing & ME bō̆rd n., on the analogy of MLG schotdēle or schotholt. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A kind of board of small size, often used for roofing; -- also coll.
Associated quotations
- (1264-90) in Salzman Building in Engl.243 : Scocbord, schatbord.
- (1275) Doc.in Dict.MLBS490 corantus : Johanni Merimario..pro c sotbord de longitudine v pedum x s.
- (1278) in Salzman Building in Engl.243 : Schotbord [for making] baiard.
- (1310) Doc.in Riley Mem.Lond.75 : [There were taken from Alice, the relict of Walter le Cuver..four cuves..four] schotebordes, [value 8 d.].
- (1333) *Acc.de Weston (PRO)Bundle 469, no.15, m.7 : Eidem pro xii shotbord empt. pro dicta camera, precii bord i d. qa.
- (1339) in Salzman Building in Engl.243 : Cotbord..[for roofing the chapel beside the keep].
- (1362) in Salzman Building in Engl.243 : Schotebord [for roofing the chambers].
- (1369) Fabric R.Rochester in Archaeol.Cant.2117 : [12 planks called] Shotbord.
- (1397) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)6.215 : [A quarter of] shotbord [worth 8 d.].