Middle English Dictionary Entry
chaucēr n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | chaucēr n.(1) Also chauser, chauceor, chausure. |
| Etymology | OF chaucier, -ëure. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Footwear; (b) hose of mail.
Associated quotations
a
- c1425 Bible SNT(1) (Cmb Dd.12.39)Deeds 13.25 : I am noghte worþi to lowse þo chausers of hise fete.
- 1790(1471-1472) Ordin.Househ.Edw.IV(2) (Topham)29 : Clothing and chawcers for his groomes.
- a1500 Rule Minoresses (Bod 585)85/4 : The abbesse schal ordeyne..of chausures for þe sustris.
b
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)5631 : Þe strok..ful opon ys genyllere & bar away ys chauceore, Of yre & styl y-mad.