Middle English Dictionary Entry
weir n.
Entry Info
| Forms | weir n. Also were; pl. weires, etc. & (?errors) woyres, woyris. |
| Etymology | Prob. from MDu.: cp. Du. (17th cent.) weger & MDu. grontwager. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Naut. A wooden member forming part of a ship, prob. a stringer or sleeper; fot ~, a plank or batten laid in a fore-and-aft direction to form foot-waling or floorboards;—also coll.
Associated quotations
- (1296) Newcastle Galley in Archaeol.Ael.4.2169 : In duobus lignis emptis de Waledeuo Tynctore ad Woyres [?read: Weyres], ij s. vj d.
- (1296) Newcastle Galley in Archaeol.Ael.4.2171 : In xiiij lignis de longitudine L pedum emptis de Johanne Gategange ad Weyres, xliij s. iiij d.
- (1296) Newcastle Galley in Archaeol.Ael.4.2177 : In duobus Weyris ad Bargiam emptis de Henrico de Wermue, xviij d.
- (1296) Newcastle Galley in Archaeol.Ael.4.2185 : In Woyris [?read: Weyris], Spurchers, et aliis emendacionibus factis in Galea et Bargia apud Baumburgh, ij Marce.
- (1338) *Acc.Exch.(PRO) 20/27 [OD col.] : Fotwere.
- (1378-81) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 1113 : Pro j beme et j grossa pecia maeremij empta pro weires.
- (1400-1402) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 156 : In j pecia maeremij…expend’ in voteweres dicte balengere, precium xx s.