Middle English Dictionary Entry
traversein n.
Entry Info
| Forms | traversein n. Also traversin, traves(e)in, travasin. |
| Etymology | OF traversain, traversein, trevessain; also cp. OF traversin & AL traversīnum. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. traunsom n.
1.
(a) A crossbeam, deck beam, thwart; also, a horizontal bar of wood or iron prob. used as a lintel; ~ nail; (b) a curtain or bed-hanging; ?also, a bolster.
Associated quotations
a
- (1277) in Salzman Building in Engl.292 : Spindlis and trauerseins [for the windows in the great cellar].
- (1294-5) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 1109 : In iiij Trauerseyns et iiij lystes, ix s. viij d.; In scitatione predictarum lystarum et trauerseyns, ij s.
- (1348) *Acc.Exch.K.R.471/1 m.2 [OD col.] : Johannis Leche pro Ml. iiij d. Traueseynail emptis pro Camera predicti Constabularii, xvij a ob.
- (1348) *Acc.Exch.K.R.471/1 m.2 [OD col.] : Pro ij trabibus emptis pro predicto portico; Eidem pro j traueseyn empto pro eodem, xij d.
b
- (1345-9) Wardrobe Acc.Edw.III(1) in Archaeol.3136 : Ad faciendum vnum trauersyn de syndon de triple rub. pro camera ipsius.
- (1368) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.92 : [15 feather-beds with the] travesyns.
- (1397) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)6.169 : [3] curtyns [and a] traversyn [of white] tartaryn.
- (1406) Wardrobe Acc.Philippa in Archaeol.67182 : Ad unum travasyn de tartarin blu et albo pale faciendum et ligandum cum rubant serico.