Middle English Dictionary Entry
bọ̄teu n.
Entry Info
| Forms | bọ̄teu n. Also butewe, buttwe. Pl. botewes, botowes, -ues, -uis, -ois, butewes, buttows, buttois, boteaulx, butteaux. |
| Etymology | OF boteau, dimin. of bote boot; = AN botel (AND botel n.1); cp. modern F botteau. |
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Associated quotations
- (c1430) Mem.Bk.York in Sur.Soc.120194 : Pro xij paribus de lyned boteux, xij d. ob.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)45 : Botew: Coturnus, botula, crepita.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)310/5,13 : Sho cried..& bad þaim gar make hur a payr of hy bottois & putt þaim on hur leggis..& sho had nothyng on bod hur sarke & þies buttois.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)497/7 : He had on a payr of new buttows..and þe solis war lyke as þai had bene sodden.
- (1463) Act Ripon in Sur.Soc.64159 : ij paria caligarum, j par de buttwe shon.
- (1463-4) RParl.5.505a : That noo Knyght vnder th'astate of a Lorde..use nor were..eny Shoes or Boteux [Fr. (Statutes Realm 2:401, 3 Edw 4 c.5): solers ou boteaux] havyng pykes passyng the lengh of ii ynches.
- (1465) Acc.Howard in RC 57294 : Peter cordwaner hathe of my masters a payr of whygthe botues lyned with blak velvet.
- (1466) Acc.Howard in RC 57380 : My mastyr paid hym fore a payre of botes..for a payre of botuysse.
- (1469) Acc.Howard in RC 57538 : My master toke Hans child fore a pare of butewes fore hym selfe, xij d.
- (1480) Wardrobe Acc.Edw.IV in Nicolas PPExp.148 : A paire of botews of blac leder, doubled soled, above the knee; iij paire of botews of blac leder above the knee; a paire botews of blac leder; a paire of botews, above the knee, of rede Spaynyssh leder; a paire of botews of tawny leder.
- (1483) Wardrobe Acc.Richard III in Grose Antiq.Repertory 1 (PRO LC9/50)50 : Botows. V pair of Spagnyssh leder. To everiche, ij pair of shoon, a pair of slopps, and a paire of botowes of Spagnyssh leder.
- 1483 Cath.Angl.(Monson 168)49 : A Butewe: ocreola.
- a1505 Field Apparel (Arms L.8)85 : For the wache .. ITEM, furred or lyned butteaux.
- a1505 Field Apparel (Arms L.8)87 : For the wache .. ITEM, good warme boteaulx or burgegyses.