Middle English Dictionary Entry
closh n.
Entry Info
| Forms | closh n. |
| Etymology | MDu. clos ball (prob. from MHG klōz). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
pleien at the closh(es, to play ball, i.e. bowl or play croquet.
Associated quotations
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)11181 : Pleye at the cloos..I shal, And somwhyle Rennyn at the bal Wyth a Staff mad lyk an hook.
- a1600(1472) Rec.Bluemantle (Jul C.6)386 : She [the queen] sat plainge with her ladyes at the morteaulx, and some of her ladyes and gentlewomen at the Closheys of yvery.
- (a1450) Code Laws in Willmore Hist.Walsall166 : Plaiyng at eny unlawefull games..as dyce, tables, cardes, cloch, [etc.].