Middle English Dictionary Entry
chōse n.
Entry Info
| Forms | chōse n. |
| Etymology | OF chose thing. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Only in the French phrases bele chose, prive ~, the private parts (of a woman).
Associated quotations
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.510 : But in oure bed he was so fressh and gay..Whan that he wolde han my bele chose..He koude wynne agayn my loue anon.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)199b/a : Out of þe priue chose of womman.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)298b/a : Þe female ape is liche to a womman in þe priuey chose; And the males ȝerde is liche to an houndes ȝerde.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)21a/b : The matrice forsoþe is þe felde of mannes generacioun..whos syte is bytwene the bledder & þe longaoun..It haþ also þe priue schappe or chose as a hellyng & mytre.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. chose.