Middle English Dictionary Entry
trīclīne n.
Entry Info
| Forms | trīclīne n. |
| Etymology | L trīclīnium; also cp. OF tricline. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A dining room.
Associated quotations
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)1.391 : Half as high thyn chamber and tricline Thou make as hit is mesure long by lyne.
- a1475(a1447) Bokenham MAngl.(Hrl 4011)19/26 : In þis cyte..been many weyes vndur þe erthe merveyllously vowtyd wt Coryous stoone-werke, tryclynis & chaunbrys.