Middle English Dictionary Entry
stomacher n.
Entry Info
| Forms | stomacher n. Also stomachere, stomechere, stomauchere, stomager, stomaker(e. |
| Etymology | From stomak n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A vest, waistcoat, or similar garment; ~ of maille, a short coat of mail; (b) a medicated cloth applied to the chest or abdomen.
Associated quotations
a
- (1450) MSS Middleton in HMC114 : I will..my felowe John Shipton for to have my dubbelet of mayell, my stomager of mayell, and a salet.
- (1466) Acc.Howard in RC 57382 : Item, the same day my mastyr paid fore a stomakere of velvet, ij s. iiij d.
- (a1474) Paston (EETS)2.362 : Item, a stomauchere of a ȝerd of gode new hollond clothe, x d.
- (a1474) Paston (EETS)2.362 : Item, a stomaker of lenclothe, viij d.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)227/74 : A stomachere of clere reynes þe best may be bowth, Þow poverte be chef, lete pride þer be present.
- (c1478) Paston (EETS)1.649 : I beseche yow to sende me a hose clothe..and a stomechere and ij schyrtys.
- a1500 Add.37075 Gloss (Add 37075)68/306b : Corditectum: stomacher.
- a1500 Galawnt pride (RwlPoet 34)9 : Thow þat thow haue a stomager þe byforne, Thy schyrtte by-hynd ys all to-torne.
b
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.6558 : These women..han..Stomachers and fressh confecciouns To represse fals exallaciouns.