Middle English Dictionary Entry
tǒnǒur n.
Entry Info
| Forms | tǒnǒur n. Also ton(n)oure, tonore, tounore, tunnioure, tunder, -dor & (error) conowre. |
| Etymology | AF tunor(e, -ur, tonour, tunudor; also cp. ME tǒnne n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A funnel.
Associated quotations
- (1337) Doc.in Riley Mem.Lond.200 : [One frying-pan..one] tonour.
- (1344) *Acc.Exch.K.R.492/26.m.2 [OD col.] : Pro uno tundor et uno skopo pro aqua infundenda in dolia.
- (1344-5) in Hope Windsor C.124 : j tunder et j skopa pro aqua in eisdem doliis infundenda.
- (1410) Will York in Sur.Soc.4548 : De ij mensuris et j tunder.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)170 : Fonel, or conowre [Win: townore]: Fusorium, infusorium.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)496 : Tonowre [Win: Tonnowre], or fonel: Infusorium, suffusorium.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)506 : Tunnowre [Win: Tunnyowre], idem quod tonowre [Win: tonore], supra.