Middle English Dictionary Entry
crushel-bōn n.
Entry Info
| Forms | crushel-bōn n. Also crusil-. |
| Etymology | Cp.E dial. crush, crustle & OHG kroschela, crosela gristle. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Cartilage, gristle; a cartilage.
Associated quotations
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)106 : Cruschylbone, or grystylbone: Cartilago.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)35/5 : In tokyn þat almyghti God had mercie of hym, hys grafe spryngis als wele smale crusyll bonys [L ex tumultu ossium (!)] as oyle yit vnto þis day.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.58ra (2.7) : 'Epiglotum' is þe þrote bolle, or elles þe þrot golle, vnder the chynne. In some contre, it is callede þe strowpe. Galienus..calleþ it 'cartilago gutturis' (anglice: þe þrote crushil or þe þrote crushilbone). 'Cartilago' is a crushilbone.
Note: Antedates word. New spelling: crushilbone. Cf. MED crushel n.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. crushel bone.