Middle English Dictionary Entry
calfating ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | calfating ger. |
| Etymology | Cp. OF calfater |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Naut. Calking (of a ship).
Associated quotations
- (1353) *Pipe Roll (PRO) 32 Edw.III m.36 [OD col.] : In..stupis..prouisis pro calfatynge predictarum nauium.
- (1359) *Pipe Roll (PRO) 38 Edw.III m.47 dorso [OD col.] : Le Calphatyng earundem Nauium Regis.
- (1399-1401) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 1135 : In emendacione del Calfatyng dicte nauis..vj s.
- (1422-7) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 1134 : De calfatynge eiusdem Ballingere.
- (1432-7) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 1135 : In huius reparacione..huius Ballingere Regis tam circa calfatyng eiusdem.