Middle English Dictionary Entry
capitā̆l n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | capitā̆l n.(2) |
| Etymology | AF; cp. CF chapitel. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The head of a pillar.
Associated quotations
- ?c1335(a1300) Cokaygne (Hrl 913)69 : Þe pilers of þat cloistre alle Beþ iturned of cristale, Wiþ har las [read: bas] and capitale Of grene Iaspe and rede corale.
- a1500(1413) *Pilgr.Soul (Eg 615)4.38.82a : The legges..be, as it wer, pilers..The knees be the capitales and the feet the bases..good knyghts and good squyeres, burgeyses and marchauntes..be the capitales and knees of this ymage, be gouernaunce of the which the reawme is mayntened.