Middle English Dictionary Entry
boi(e n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | boi(e n.(2) |
| Etymology | OF, whence also MDu. bo(e)ye. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A buoy; (b) ~ rop, the rope for fastening a buoy to its anchor.
Associated quotations
a
- (1296) Newcastle Galley in Archaeol.Ael.4.2186 : ij Huppeteyes, j Boye, ij Gyrdyngis.
- (1466) Acc.Howard in RC 57325 : iij hankores, and iij kabeles..and ij boyes.
b
- 1336 *Acc.Exch.K.R.19/31.m.4 [OD col.] : In xl petris cord de canabo..pro iiij Boyeropes inde faciendis.
- (1356) *Pipe Roll (PRO) 32 Edw.III m.34/2 [OD col.] : xlvj shetes, lviij boyropes.
- (1373) Doc.in Riley Mem.Lond.369 : 2 haucers [for] boyropes, 2 touropes, 3 werpropes.
- 1402 *Acc.Exch.K.R.43/6.m.7 [OD col.] : In ij hausers emptis pro boiropes et stetynges.
- (1420) *For.Acc.(PRO) 3 Hen.VI F/2v [OD col.] : Paruum cabulum pro boiropes.