Middle English Dictionary Entry
tester n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | tester n.(2) Also testor; pl. testeres, testres, tēstērs. |
| Etymology | OF testiere & ML testera. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Head armor for a war horse.
Associated quotations
- (c1312) Will Durham in Sur.Soc.217 : j tester, vj s.
- (1362) Reg.Edw.Blk.Pr.4.470 : [Also to Sir Bartholomew de Burgherssh a] tester [garnished with latten].
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2499 : Ther maistow seen deuysynge of harneys So vnkouth and so riche and wroght so weel Of goldsmythrye, of browdyng, and of steel; The sheldes brighte, testeres [vrr. testres, teesteers, testers] and trappures, Gold hewen helmes, hauberkes, cote armures.
- (1400) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)7.78 : [2] justynsadels [with 2] testeres [for horses, 2] helmes, [6] maynfers.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)11273 : Sixe knyhtes jn swte hadde he, bothe hors and man al jn on degre; Bothe trappures and Testerys, Al that þer Was, so was arrayed there jn that plas.
- (1465) Acc.Howard in RC 57285 : Item, the same day my mastyr delyverd to the man that maketh his testor of mayle, iiij s.
- (1465) Acc.Howard in RC 57293 : Item, for a tester for a horsse hede, ij s.