Middle English Dictionary Entry
bulter(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | bulter(e n. Also bou(l)ter. |
| Etymology | AF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
One who sifts flour from meal, bolter.
Associated quotations
- [ (1245-6) Cart.Oseney in OHS 89293 : Rogerus le Buleter. ]
- [ (1261) Rec.Oriel in OHS 8577 : Rogerus le Boletere. ]
- [ (1272) in Fransson Surn.59 : Rob. le Bultere. ]
- (1391) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.5225 : Clerico panetrie..pro bulters per ij dies.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)55 : Bulture: Taratantarizator, politrudinator.
- (1454) Proc.Privy C.6.226 : The office of the bakhous..gromes bulters.
2.
(a) A flour sifter; a sieve or strainer; of god ~, (bread) of well-sifted flour; (b) a loosely woven fabric used in sifting; ~ cloth; (c) a loose or coarse cloth (for drapes).
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1300 Gloss.Neckam (Tit D.20)110 : Habeat etiam polentrudium: bulter, biltepoke.
- (?1387) Close R.Rich.II172 : [One] bultere [for boulting flour].
- (1393) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.52156 : Clerico panterie..pro x hurdell, ij sparrez, ij bulters.
- c1450 De CMulieribus (Add 10304)586 : The mele for-to appere, Diuyded it through a small bultere From the paless and the charfe-bran.
- 1790(1471-1472) Ordin.Househ.Edw.IV(2) (Topham)68 : To make of a busshell of flower 30 loves by a commyn boulter.
- ?a1500 Henslow Recipes (Henslow)21/20 : Grinde al to poudre and boute hit þouȝt [read: þoruȝ] a boutere.
- a1525(?1421) Cov.Leet Bk.23 : ij [loaves] for a peny and no less, so þat they ben of good bultre and well bake.
b
- (1389) in Löfvenberg Contrib.Lex.47 : [2 ells of] bulters.
- (1425) Doc.in Kennett Par.Antiq.(1818) [OD col.]2.253 : In bultercloth empt. ad pistrinam.
c
- (1395) Will York in Sur.Soc.454 : Tres curtinae rubiae de bultyr.
3.
A nickname: bulter-mouth, ?mealy-mouth.
Associated quotations
- (1355) Rec.Norwich 1393 : Adam Bultermouth.