Middle English Dictionary Entry
clench n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | clench n.(1) Also clanch, cleinch, clinch, clenc, clinc. |
| Etymology | From clenchen . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A clinch nail, rivet; coll. nails used in clinker work; (b) ~ hamer, clinch hammer, clinching iron; ~ nail, nail used in clinker work, clinch nail.
Associated quotations
a
- (1336-7) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 1137 : In M. M. M. Clync' et Ros'.
- (1350) *Acc.Exch.(PRO) 25/32 [OD col.] : iiij mil de clench.
- (1358-9) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 1137 : De clauis fum riuettis vocatis Cleynch' et anned factis de ferro.
- (1399-1401) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 1138 : M. M. clauis vocatis clanch' et nede.
- (1421) *For.Acc.(PRO) 8 Hen.V D/1 dorso [OD col.] : Ferri operati in diuersis Clenchys.
- (1428) Proc.Privy C.3.290 : Poleys of laton and iiij boltes and iiij clenches yerto.
- (1442) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 1138 : Bolt' Clenche et Rooff.
- (1497) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 1138 : Yronworke, nayles, Roffe and Clynche.
b
- (1294-6) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 1140 : C de Clenchenayl.
- (1359) *Pipe Roll (PRO) 32 Edw.III m.33/2b [OD col.] : ij clench' hamers.
- (1405-10) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 1140 : Et iiij C clenchenaill' cum le annede.
- (1419-20) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 1140 : Et in..clenchnaill' Roffe spik' ligaturis ferri clauis de diuersis sortibus.
- (1436) *Acc.Exch.K.R.53/5.lf.21b [OD col.] : De Clenchamours.
2.
?Swaddling band.
Associated quotations
- a1275 Louerd asse þu ard (Trin-C B.14.39)176 : Þo wunden hei Iesum crist in clences bitrent.