Middle English Dictionary Entry
chested ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | chested ppl. Also chisted. |
| Etymology | From chest(e . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Of animals: having (a certain) trunk or body.
Associated quotations
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)4.695 : Take oxon yonge, ylymed grete and square, Y-chisted sadde [L solidi corporis].
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)4.728 : Do chese hem [cows] that be chested huge & hie [L forma altissima, corporis longi].