Middle English Dictionary Entry
cobard n.
Entry Info
| Forms | cobard n. Also cobbard, cobert, caubert. |
| Etymology | Cp. cobiren n.. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A support for the spit, or either one of the two supports on which the spit turns.
Associated quotations
- (1391) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.52102/10 : Pro iiij magnis spittes longis..ij paribus jakkes et ij cobardes.
- (1400) Will York in Sur.Soc.4514 : Pro..j brandereth cum vj barrez ferri ac j cobbard ferri.
- (c1422) Invent.Norwich in Nrf.Archaeol.12202 : j aundhern, j cobbard.
- a1425 Roy.17.C.17 Nominale (Roy 17.C.17)685 : Uertebra: cobarde.
- (1451) Reg.Chanc.Oxf.in OHS 93253 : Unum verutum..unum par vocatum cauberts.
- (1453) Invent.Norwich in Nrf.Archaeol.12224 : Item j cobard ferreum..j par forcipum..j grate.
- (1459-60) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.9989 : It. ij cobertez alias laundyrens.