Middle English Dictionary Entry
tache n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | tache n.(1) Also (error) tasee; pl. taches, tasses. |
| Etymology | OF tache clasp; also cp. AL tachia. Forms in -s(s)- perh. influenced by ME tassel n. (a). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. tak n.(1).
1.
A clasp, buckle; also, a brooch, pin.
Associated quotations
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)27b/b : Fibula: boton, or a lace, or a tache.
- c1440(a1400) Awntyrs Arth.(Thrn)355 : The tasee was [Dc: tasses were; Ir: tassellus were] of topas þat þer to was tyghte.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)583/10 : Fibula: a tache or a laas.
- (1452) *Maldon (Essex) Court Rolls Bundle 31, no.2b [OD col.] : A tache of sylver and ouergylt, for a monkis hode.
- a1500(1413) *Pilgr.Soul (Eg 615)4.35.80b : Aaron..had a broche or a tache fastned undir his breest þat was called Rationale, in which was wreten this wordes, [etc.].
- c1500 Melusine (Roy 18.B.2)304/3 : Geffray cutte the taches of the geant helmet and after cutte of his heed.