Middle English Dictionary Entry
stē̆ting n.
Entry Info
| Forms | stē̆ting n. Also stetinge, steding; pl. steting(g)es, stithinges, steding & (errors) stechynges, stretynges. |
| Etymology | From ON (cp. OI stœðingr) & OE steding- (as in steding-līne). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Naut. A rope used to control and brace the yard; -- also coll.; ~ rop; corde ~; ~ puli, a pulley for hauling a steting; ~ triplex, a steting made of three strands.
Associated quotations
- (1294-5) Doc.in HMC Rep.9 App.1258a : In uno cable et duobus schetes, et duobus stetynges emptis pro eadem Bargea, xli s.
- (1294-5) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 3136 : In iiijor globis fili ad vnam cordam que dicitur steting' emptis, vj s. viij d.
- (1301-2) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 3108 : ij Trossropes, ij steteropes, et ij stetingropes.
- (a1307) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 3102 : In Cordis que dicuntur..stetingges, Hanekes, Haucers..x li. vij s. iiij d.
- (1342-3) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 3143 : ij cord' stetynges, ij Cord', j virg'.
- (1347-50) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 3102 : En..quatre poleiges pur stetyngez..deliuerez al Cogg Johan..pris xv s.
- (1358-64) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 3103 : j cord' pro j Stetyng triplici ponder' iiij xx xviij lb.; j cord' pro alio Stetyng triplic' ponder' iiij xx xvij lb.
- (1373) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 2118 : ij bowelynes, ij stechynges [read: stethynges], ij trusses.
- (1398) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)6.93 : [The following gear, artillery, and goods were removed from the said ship..2] trussyngropys, [2] stedyngg.
- (1408-9) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 3108 : j handerope, ij Stetyngropes ponder' inter se cc dj.
- (1413) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)7.248 : [A pair of] stythyngys, [a cord called] braylerope, [2] sclyngys, [a cord called] bote rope..[a pair of] stedyngpoleys.
- (1417) *For.Acc.(PRO) 8 Hen.V D/1 dorso [OD col.] : ij Corde pro Stretynges [?read: Stetynges], ij Corde pro Tripgettis, j Corda pro yerdrope.
- (1417) *For.Acc.(PRO) 8 Hen.V D/2 [OD col.] : ij hauncers gross' pro Giropes et stetynge.
- (1422-7) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 3103 : De hauncer' pro Stetynges et bowlynes.
- (1432-7) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 3103 : De paruis cordis voc. hauncer' de filo nigro pro stetyng' inde harbend' pro eadem ij pond' dj. c xxiij lb.