Middle English Dictionary Entry
umbre n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | umbre n.(2) |
| Etymology | Prob. L umbra fish; cp. F (16th cent.) umbre fish. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A fish, prob. a grayling.
Associated quotations
- (1393) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.52248/6 : Item, per manus eiusdem pro cheveyns et vmbres emptis…eodem die, iiij duc.