Middle English Dictionary Entry
wēfter n.
Entry Info
| Forms | wēfter n. Also wafter, (early) weftre. |
| Etymology | ?From wēft, wāft(e, var. p.ppls. of wēven v.(2); alternatively, -f- might represent an error for -s- (cp. EMnE waster n.). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
?A wooden foil or sword used for training and practice in fencing.
Associated quotations
- (1279) Acc.Middleton in Archaeol.Cant.10324 : j picoyc’, j Weftre, j securis.
- (1456) Invent.Armory in Archaeol.16123 : Furst viij swerds and a long blade of a swerde made in Wafters, some gretter and some smaller, for to lerne the King to play in his tendre age.