Middle English Dictionary Entry
tecte adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | tecte adj. |
| Etymology | L tectus |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Covered.
Associated quotations
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)6.180 : At Mayes eende a solar is to paue, And rather not, lest frostis hit enfecte; A double cours of boording first hit haue..With chaf or fern this boordis do be tecte.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)8.79 : The tuppe is chosun fair of altitude, ywombe side, & tecte [L tecto] in whitest wolle.