Middle English Dictionary Entry
cō̆ker n.
Entry Info
| Forms | cō̆ker n. Also cocur, cuker, quequer. Pl. cokers, cokres. |
| Etymology | OE cocer, corresp. to OHG kochar. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A case for arrows, quiver; (b) a covering for the legs, leggings; ?also, a kind of shoe or boot; (c) in a name: coker-hose, leggings.
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)6470 : Wapnen he ladde..enne koker fulne flan, enne boȝe swiðe strong.
- a1400(a1325) Glo.Chron.B (Trin-C R.4.26)803/66 : Mid swerd & bowe bisyde & o kokur fol of flon.
- a1525 RHood & P.(Cmb Ee.4.35)st.51 : To a quequer Roben went, A god bolt owthe he toke.
b
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)7.56 : He caste on his cloþes, I-clouted and I-hole, His Cokeres and his Coffus.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)40 : Þen þe harlot wyth haste helded to þe table Wyth rent cokrez at þe kne.
- (?c1422) Hoccl.ASM (Dur-U Cosin V.3.9)312 : Whan men conseillid wel, y herde it naght; Nat so moche as by an old boote or cokir Sette y ther-by in-to myn hertes lokir.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)84 : Cocur, boote: Ocrea, coturnus.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)1.1167 : Botis, cokirs, myttens most we were; ffor husbondis and hunteris al this good is.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)375/270 : The cuker hyngys so side now, furrid with a cat skyn.
c
- (1301) Pat.R.Edw.I623 : Walter Cokerhose.