Middle English Dictionary Entry
washel n.
Entry Info
| Forms | washel n. Also washele, (in names) wasseles-, wasseres-, -weshel. |
| Etymology | From wash n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A bath or water source used for bathing; water ~; ~ dore, ?an entrance to a bathhouse, a bathhouse door;
(b) a water vessel, ewer;
(c) in surnames and place name [see Smith PNElem. 2.237].
Associated quotations
a
- (1388-9) Doc.Manor in MP 3459 : Wassheledur.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)11033 : Þere…was a wasshyng at an hote baþ; ‘Termes’ men calle þat watyr wasshele.
b
- c1390(?c1350) Jos.Arim.(Vrn)288 : Þenne comen two Angeles…And…Oþur Tweyne aftur hem with cruetes sone, and wasscheles wiþ haly water with hem þei brouȝten.
c
- (1268) EPNSoc.12 (Ess.)592 : Fayretresweshel.
- (1294) EPNSoc.15 (Hrt.)185 : Robert de Wassereshall.
- (1296) EPNSoc.15 (Hrt.)185 : De Wasscheleshawe.
- (1307) EPNSoc.15 (Hrt.)185 : John de Wasseleshal.