Middle English Dictionary Entry
shunt n.
Entry Info
Forms | shunt n. |
Etymology | From shunten v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A sudden jerk or swerve.
Associated quotations
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)2268 : Þat oþer schalk wyth a schunt þe schene wyth-haldez.