Middle English Dictionary Entry
tā̆velin n.
Entry Info
Forms | tā̆velin n. |
Etymology | Prob. from Gmc.: cp. OS tafla, MDu. tāfel(e, taffele, tāvele board & OE tæfl, OI tafl board game; ult. L tabula. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
?One of a pair of boards used to hold a bundle of skins; ?a small piece of fur, a skin.
Associated quotations
- 1439 *Inv.T.Burgh (Comm.Crt., Lond., Prowet 22) [OD col.] : xxx lose tavelyns, xv d.