Middle English Dictionary Entry
carpent n.
Entry Info
| Forms | carpent n. |
| Etymology | L carpentum |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A cart, ?a litter; (b) a cartload.
Associated quotations
a
- c1425 Found.St.Barth.50/28 : Whan she was put downe frome the Carpent for to be borne yn-to the chirche, he apperid.
b
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)10.14 : Now nygh equynox thi londes donge..And for an aker lond..Carpentys xxiiij is to telle.