Middle English Dictionary Entry
tille n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | tille n.(1) |
| Etymology | Origin uncertain: perh. from AF til deck of a ship (ult. ON), but cp. AL attillum equipment or gear, ME atīl n. (from OF), & OF tirelire money box. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A locker or similar container for the storage of military gear; also, a casket or similar container.
Associated quotations
- (1412) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)7.243 : Tylle [worth 4 d., 8 bows with a] sheff [of arrows and] boltis [worth 3 s.].
- a1450(1408) Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)87/9 : Þey hadden also..wycches, tilles and tyes, cofrus and couerynges for scheldres..for bowes & arewes, for helmes and basenettis, in whiche all suche armoure schette and ykept ynne.
- (1452) Reg.Chanc.Oxf.in OHS 93308 : Alios libros habet..Iohannes Segefeld..de Greke Hall, prout patet in scriptis et indenturis positis in le tylles studio meo.