Middle English Dictionary Entry
stāblīe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | stāblīe n. Also stablẹ̄. |
| Etymology | From OF establie, AF stablie. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
a.
Hunt. A group of hunters and hounds stationed around the perimeter of a wood during a hunt to prevent the escape of the game; (b) a military encampment.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1153 : Der drof in þe dale..Hiȝed to þe hyȝe, bot heterly þay were Restayed with þe stablye.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)107 : Of þe maner of hundyng whan þe kyng wil hunt..for þe hert with bowes, greyhoundes, and stable.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)107 : The maister of þe game shuld..warne the shiref of þe shire..for to ordeyne stable suffisaunt and cartis eke.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)107 : Alle men shuld abide atte park gate sauf þe stable, þat oweþ to be sette or the kyng come.
b
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)386 : The Duke of Almayne come oute after and made his stablie vpon a litill river.