Middle English Dictionary Entry
clōke n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | clōke n.(1) |
| Etymology | OF cloke, var. of cloche. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A loose outer garment, a cloak.
Associated quotations
- (1293) Case Law Merchant in Seld.Soc.2358 : Idem Ricardus districtus est per unum tapetum et per unum cloke radiatum.
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)13097 : He nam one cloke [Clg: cape] of his one cnihte and on þe monek he hire dude.
- 1389 Nrf.Gild Ret.81 : Yt noman come be-forn ye alderman..in tabard ne in cloke.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.CY.(Manly-Rickert)G.571 : His cloke was sowed to his hood.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)3.294 : Shal no seriaunt for here seruyse were..no pelure in his cloke.
- (1402) Topias (Dgb 41)p.69 : Why is..thi cloke al above as round as a belle?
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)6b/b : Armelausa: a clok.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)9/15 : Hir clokys also wer daggyd & leyd wyth dyuers colowrs.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)3469 : Raykande to Rome-warde..A renke in a rownde cloke, with righte rowmme clothes.
- (1462) Acc.Howard in RC 57150 : Payd ffor browderynge off a kloke xvj d.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1450 Ch.Feasts (Roy 18.A.10)247 : With dromedaryes þei droue fro dees..To seche a childe þat choisly chees In maydenes blode to blome; Swych a rose roos neuere in Rome, As þan was clad in flesshli cloke.
Note: New sense: fleshlich ~, the body.
Note: The list of variant spellings in the form section is incomplete and needs revision to accord with standards of later volumes of the MED. Provisional revised form section: Also clok, kloke.--notes per MLL