Middle English Dictionary Entry
canner n.
Entry Info
| Forms | canner n. |
| Etymology | From canne . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A maker or seller of jars, etc.; (b) a device for filtering wine into jars or casks.
Associated quotations
a
- (1305) in Fransson Surn.140 : Joh. le Kannere.
- (1327) in Fransson Surn.140 : Will. le Cannere.
- (1332) in Fransson Surn.140 : Joh. Canner.
b
- (1444) RParl.5.114a : Al manere of Wynes that have be made in the seid parties of Gascoyn and Guyen, in her makyng and in fillyng of Vessels, were woned and used to passe thurgh a Vessell or Instrument, in tho parties cleped a Canner, so that there myght neither Clusters of Grapes, ne hole Grapes, ne none other thyng, entre in no wise into the Vessels.