Middle English Dictionary Entry
carabel n.
Entry Info
| Forms | carabel n. Also carroble. |
| Etymology | OF carable & ML carobla. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. carabe.
1.
Fruit of the carob tree Ceratonia siliqua.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)83a/b : R[ecipe]..carabel aduste [*Ch.(2): brynt carabyl], And þat is rede erþe as smal as grauel.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)85/10 : Take of..þe Meoule Carroble de babilone þe ferthe part of a Rote.