Middle English Dictionary Entry
strāde n.
Entry Info
| Forms | strāde n. |
| Etymology | ?OF (15th cent.) estrade; ?= ME strẹ̄t(e n.(3). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
?A skirmish; ?a pathway in a battlefield [cp. stret(e n.(3) 2.(a) quots. a1225(?a1200), 1st & last].
Associated quotations
- c1450(?a1400) Roland & O.(Add 31042)476 : The Nasell of his helme of-glade Dowun bi-fore hym in the strade.