Middle English Dictionary Entry
curvātūre n.
Entry Info
| Forms | curvātūre n. |
| Etymology | L & OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A curve or bend; angle (of the elbow or knee); (b) curving.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)14a/a : Þe curuature i. bowing [L curuatura] of þe cubite i. elbowe.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)43a/a : Þe curuaturez and bouȝtnez in þe necke.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)105a/a : Afterward be þe curuature i. bowyng of þe knee filled with cloþes.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)12.34 : Ek..vch merges curuature [of a vine] Of thre yeer old kit from the roote is sure.
b
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)580 : A sengil ege is first to strecch in longe, Withoute bosomynge or curuature.