Middle English Dictionary Entry
cork(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | cork(e n. |
| Etymology | Cp. Span. corcho cork & alcorque sandal with cork sole (both via Ar. from L cortex bark). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The outer bark of the cork oak; ~ bark; (b) the cork oak (Quercus suber); ~ tre.
Associated quotations
a
- (1303) in Gras Eng.Cust.Syst.296 : De Arnaldo Blanc pro bord et cork'.
- (1342) *Chancery Inquis.file 148(22) [OD col.] : Navis carcata erat in eisdem partibus [Lisbon] cum sale et cork.
- (1397) in Gras Eng.Cust.Syst.439 : i barello di. cork' val. iii s.
- (1417) *For.Acc.(PRO) 8 Hen.V D/1 dorso [OD col.] : In diuersis peciis Maeremii..peciis de Corke.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)93 : Corkbarke: Cortex.
- ?a1475 PParv.(Win)95 : Cork, bark: Cortex.
b
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)93 : Corktre: Suberies.
- ?a1475 PParv.(Win)95 : Cork, tre: Suberies.
2.
(a) A sandal with sole of cork; (b) a float for a fishing line fashioned from cork.
Associated quotations
a
- (1391) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.5291/19 : Pro j pare corkes.
- (1463-4) RParl.5.507a : That noo Marchaunt..bryng..into this Reame..tawed Botes, Shoen, Galoches or Corkes.
b
- c1450 Treat.Fish.(Yale 171)16 : Ye schall make ȝowr flotes in þys wise. Take a feyr corke yat ys clene with oute many hoolys.
3.
The scab on a wound.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)173b/b : Medicyne cicatrizatiue & sigillatif..drieþ þe superficite of a wounde so þat þer be made a corke [L cortex] i. bark or rinde vpon it.