Middle English Dictionary Entry
tugge n.
Entry Info
| Forms | tugge n. Also teug, (in surnames) tug, tog(g)e; pl. tugges, etc. & togges. |
| Etymology | From tuggen v.; also cp. AL tuggum a harness chain, trace, or strap. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. tou n.(2).
1.
(a) ?A metal pin or spike used for a cart or a plow; ?a rope or strap serving as part of a harness; ~ hok; ~ ropes, traces; (b) a timber wagon; (c) ?as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- (1349) *Acc.Exch.K.R.2.462 No.16.lf.8b [OD col.] : In albo coreo empto pro togges.
- (a1382) Doc.Hatfield in Sur.Soc.32233 : [In] tugges [et temonibus].
- (1417) Acc.in Lyte Hist.Dunster98 : [In cords called] teugropis [8 d.].
- (1417) Acc.in Lyte Hist.Dunster99 : [Also in the repair of two] ronges [for the chariot, 2 d. Also in] teughookys [7 d. Also in 7] teugys [12 d.].
b
- (1370) in Salzman Building in Engl.352 : [2 pairs of wheels for a] tugge [whereon to carry timber].
c
- (1212) CRR(2) 6331 : Hugo Togge.
- (1214) CRR(2) 8268 : Rogerus le Toge.
- (1302) Pat.R.Edw.I78 : John le Tug.