Middle English Dictionary Entry
bǒnting ger.
Entry Info
Forms | bǒnting ger. Also bunt-. |
Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Sifting; ~ hous, a room for bolting meal; ~ tonne, a vat for receiving the products of bolting.
Associated quotations
- c1400 Femina (Trin-C B.14.40)31 : Of corn comeþ flour By þe buntynge of þe bakere.
- (c1425) Stonor1.43 : In le Bakhous j buntyntunne, ij knedyng trowes.
- (1473) Stonor1.135 : Kechyn, bakhous, buntyng hous.