Middle English Dictionary Entry
chalder n.
Entry Info
| Forms | chalder n. Also chaldre. Pl. chalder(s, chauder, chaudres, calderes, celdre(s. |
| Etymology | OF chaldere, chaudiere, caldere kettle. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A dry measure of varying capacity, a chaldron: (a) for coal; (b) for grain or lime.
Associated quotations
a
- (1295) *Acc.Exch.(PRO) 5/8 [OD col.] : viij s. xj d. in iiijor chalders carbonum empt.
- 1296 *Acc.Exch.K.R.5/20.m.4b [OD col.] : In tribus Calderis eneis emptis [at Newcastle].
- (1371) Fabric R.Yk.Min.in Sur.Soc.359 : Et in ij schaldres de secole emptis pro eodem, 10 s.
- (1394) Invent.Monk-Wear.in Sur.Soc.29183 : iij chaudyr carbonum.
- (1399) Fabric R.Yk.Min.in Sur.Soc.3515 : Et in xviij chaudres de carbonibus marinis.
- (a1400) Oath Bk.Colchester9 : Coles, j chaldre j d.
- (1454) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99149 : In le Colehouse sunt iijor celdre carbonum.
- (1461) Will York in Sur.Soc.30255 : Unum chalder carbonum.
- (1466) Acc.Howard in RC 57333 : For a chaldre of smythe cole, iii s.
- (1467) Acc.Howard in RC 57395 : For v chaldere coles, pryse of the chaldere, vj s. viij d.
b
- c1381(1183) Boldon Bk.(PRO SC 12/21/28)4 : xvj celdras de frumento et xvj celdras de avena et viij celdras de ordeo.
- (1426) Invent.Jarrow in Sur.Soc.2997 : Pro viij chalderys calcis xiij s. x d.