Middle English Dictionary Entry
spinal n.
Entry Info
| Forms | spinal n. |
| Etymology | ?From OF Spinal (the town Epinal in Lorraine). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
An inexpensive linen, perh. made in Epinal.
Associated quotations
- (1394) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.226 : [4 pieces of] spynall [containing 210 ells at 2 d. the ell].
- (1400) Comp.R.in Frost Hullapp.8 : Pro vj pec' spynall x dus' crisp'..ij pec' fustian'..val. vij li. x s.
- (1420) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.74 : [25 1/2 ells of] spinal, [at 2 1/2 d. the ell].
- (1445) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.79 : [One] valaunce [of] spinall [weighted with] hermyn.