Middle English Dictionary Entry
bunge n.
Entry Info
| Forms | bunge n. Also bong. |
| Etymology | MDu. bonge |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The bung (of a cask, barrel).
Associated quotations
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)55 : Bunge [Win: bunch] of a wesselle, as a tonne, barelle, botelle, or othere lyke: Lura.
- a1500 Chartier Treat.Hope (Rwl A.338)7/12 : Must that is put into a tunne .. for lake of attendaunce breketh both his barris and dryvith owte the bong.