Middle English Dictionary Entry
clōsẹ̄r(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | clōsẹ̄r(e n. |
| Etymology | OF closier; also from closen. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) An enclosed area, such as a garden, a courtyard, a pen; an enclosure; (b) a private apartment, chamber; (c) a cover or case.
Associated quotations
a
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)4069 : Certis I have now lyved to long, Sith I may not this closer kepe.
- c1430(a1410) Love Mirror (Brsn e.9)46 : Joseph, that was a carpunter, made hem a closere and a cracche for her bestes.
- (1440) Visit.Alnwick177 : That ye suffre no manere seculere persone..wythe yn the closere of the cloystere.
b
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)5250 : In-to a chambre scho chese & changid hire wedis..And [cam] doun of hire closere.
c
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)83 : Closere [vr. closure] of bokys or oþer lyke: Clausura, coopertorium.
2.
Something that closes or heals (a wound).
Associated quotations
- ?a1450 Lanfranc (Add 12056)6/9 : Of glutinatiuis & consolidatiuis, þat buþ closeres & consouderes.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (c1392) ?Westwyk EPlanets (Peterh 75)20/8 : Deuyde thanne thilke lyne þt goth fro centre aryn vn to the cercle closere of the sygnes (versus finem geminorum) in 32 parties equales.
- (c1392) ?Westwyk EPlanets (Peterh 75)26/17 : Nota shortly þt but so be þt bothe the closeres of the signes ben precisly ilike of widnesse.
- (c1392) ?Westwyk EPlanets (Peterh 75)26/66 : The narwere cercle of the signes is cleped the closere of the signes.
Note: Quot. antedates word.
Note: New subsense for sense 1.
Note: New phrase: "Astron. ~ of the signes, the innermost of the five circles on the perimeter of the face and the epicycle of the equatorie with the names of the signs of the zodiac being written between this and the next larger circle."
Note: Editor's glossary p.170: "'closere of the signes,' the innermost of the five circles on the Epicycle, the names of the signs of the zodiac being written between this and the next larger circle."
- (1422) Reg.Spofford in Cant.Yk.S.2381 : That no sustre professyd go with oute of the procynct and closer of your monastery.
Note: Quot. antedates sense 1.(a).--all notes per MLL
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. closer.