Middle English Dictionary Entry
bullet n.
Entry Info
| Forms | bullet n. bulleted ppl. |
| Etymology | Prob. OF, dimin. of boule ball, etc. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
An official tag or badge of registration or identification; ppl. identified by a tag.
Associated quotations
- (1419) Doc.in Bentley Excerpta Hist.41 : For the takinge of Presoners of men Bulleted. Also that no man take no presoner of that saide grounde patised, nor no man nor childe having bullet, upon payne to lose hors and harnes [etc.].