Middle English Dictionary Entry
sperte n.
Entry Info
| Forms | sperte n. |
| Etymology | OE spyrte, sperte. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A basket used for catching fish.
Associated quotations
- (1406) Court R.Great Waltham in Ess.R.1374 : [Putting] spertes [and other fish-catching devices into the lord's river].
- (1418) Court R.Great Waltham in Ess.R.13201 : [Taking fish by] spertes, lammes, and schoffnetts.