Middle English Dictionary Entry
wẹ̄veling n.
Entry Info
| Forms | wẹ̄veling n. Also wiveling(e, (errors) wenelyng(e, wyvelygg, wynelynge; pl. wiveling(g)es, wivelinge, wiwelingges, (errors) wynelyngis, wynelyngges. |
| Etymology | Origin uncertain: ?OE *wifeling, from same root as OE wefan, ME wēven v.(1) & prob. (2); also cp. MDu. or MLG: cp. MDu. wevel weft, Du. weveling ratline & MLG wevelen to make a weft. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. wevel n.(2).
1.
Naut. A piece of caulking material placed between the lapstrakes while the ship is under construction;—also coll.
Associated quotations
- (1294-5) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 1180 : In wiuelingges rosilio portagio cariagio maeremij et bordorum et alijs expensis…xix s. ij d. ob.
- (1294-5) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 1180 : In mmcc wiuuelingges emptis pro eadem galia v s. vj d.
- (1295) *Acc.Exch.K.R.5/7.m.1 [OD col.] : In Wynelyngges emptis ad nauem, ix s. v d.
- (1295) Doc.in HMC Rep.9 App.1257b : viiic libris sepi cum Wynelyngis emptis a diuersis pro eadem Gallya.
- (1303-4) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 1 ()180 : In viij barillis picis xlij lagenis et di. olei…cum Wyuelinges.
- (1345-7) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 1180 : In d Wyuelynge empt. pro stauro nauium Regis, xvij d. ob.
- (1350) *Acc.Exch.(PRO) 25/32 [OD col.] : xiiij milers de wyvelygg pris ij s. j d.
- (1356) *Pipe Roll (PRO) 32 Edw.III m.33/1 [OD col.] : xviij Millibus de Wynelynge.
- (1378-81) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 1181 : Pro v cb. wiuelyng…pro eadem batella, ij s. vj d.
- (1399-1401) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 1181 : In ij petris de Wevelyng emptis de Johanne Tanner.
- (1402) *Acc.Exch.K.R.43/6.m.4 [OD col.] : iiijxx petris de Wenelyng.
- (1407) *Acc.Exch.K.R.44/11(1).m.2 [OD col.] : In iij libris de Wenelynge emptis…iij d.
- (1422-7) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 1181 : Pro…expensis in Wyuelynge circa berdynge dicte Ballingere…vij s. xiij d.