Middle English Dictionary Entry
taket n.
Entry Info
| Forms | taket n. Pl. taket(e)s, takettes. |
| Etymology | From tak n.(1); cp. AL takettum. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A type of metal wedge used to secure a bar in a window; (b) a nail of some kind; ~ nail; (c) ?a clasp or fastener of some kind.
Associated quotations
a
- (1295) in Salzman Building in Engl.293 : [Renewing 5 bars, with 18] lakettes [and] takettes.
- (1316) Doc.in Rogers Hist.Agric.2524 : [14] takets.
- (a1340) Doc.Coldingham in Sur.Soc.12p.x : In xviij barres ferri ad fenestras, wegges, et taketes, ij s. viij d.
- (a1340) Doc.Coldingham in Sur.Soc.12p.xiii : In xviij barres ferreis pro sex fenestris, et weges et taketes, ij s. vj d.
b
- (1462-4) Acc.St.Mary Thame in BBOAJ 1088 : Item, for taket nayle & clowte nayle for ye litul bel whele, v d.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)125a : A Takett: Clauiculus.
c
- [ a1400 MS Wales Peniarth 4 in Llyfr Gwyn Rh.col.181 : Crysseu o sidan gwin a oed am y vorwyn..a thaccet o rudeur yn y chynhal ymdanei. ]
- ?c1400 SLeg.Brendan (Lamb 223)526 : Takettes [Ld: A-boue him was a cloth i-tild with tweie tonguene faste].