Middle English Dictionary Entry
teint n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | teint n.(2) |
| Etymology | Prob. from OF teint, p.ppl. of teindre; ?ult. OSpan.: cp. Span. (16th cent.) vino tinto. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A dark red wine, prob. from Spain.
Associated quotations
- (1420) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.77 : [2 casks of wine called] Teynt, [half-a-pipe of] Romeney.
- (1457) Let.Bk.Lond.K (Gldh LetBk K)377 : [Austyn Cassyn]..falsely and decevably contrefeted, coloured, dubbed, and medled vj pipes of white Rochell wyne olde and feble of colour and tast..with rede wyne called teynt..for to induce & bring ageyn a pleasant color to þe sight and likly maner drinkyng of rede wyne to þe tarrage, smelle, and taste of þe people.
- (1466-7) in Gras Eng.Cust.Syst.611 : Item, pro i butte vini vocati teynt, sub. xviii d.