Middle English Dictionary Entry
trōchen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | trōchen v. P.ppl. trōched, trōchet, (error) trechet. |
| Etymology | From trōche n.; also cp. OF trochiée, AF troché. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Hunt. To develop a troche; ppl. troched, having a troche; wel troched; (b) ppl. troched, embellished with pinnacles or crenelations.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)76 : A greet hert..shuld bere an hie hede and wel trochid for bi þe trochynge he brekeþ so hie the bowes þat he myght not fold hem vndir hym.
- c1425 Twiti Venery(1) (Vsp B.12)151 : Whan..he [hart] hath troched on boothe parties of the hed, he is of xij and of that lasse; And if it be so that he haue troched of that o partye iij and on that oþer partye iiij, he is of xij of the more.
- ?a1425 My dere sone wher (Lamb 491)38 : Whan he [hart] hath in þe top thre evyn of selve, Þan shal ȝe call hym trochid [vr. trechet] an hert evyn of twelve.
- c1450 Twiti Venery(2) (Yale-BA Porter MS)46/32 : When he trochiþe on þat on side of v & on þe oþer side of vi he is of xvi de greynders.
b
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1383 : Þe borȝ watz so brod and so bigge..Wyth a wonder wroȝt walle wruxeled ful hiȝe, Wyth koynt carneles above, corven ful clene, Troched toures bitwene, twenty spere lenþe.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)795 : He be-helde þat halle ful hyȝe, Towre[s] telded bytwene, trochet ful þik.