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catchword: CHAIN
part of speech: noun
reason cited: CHAIN sb: 14, antedates 1627
text: Chanys of yron belongyng vnto the seyd shrowdes xvj
from: p. 39 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: cited from M. Oppenheim, ed. 1896. Naval accounts and inventories of the reign of Henry VII. Navy Records Society 8, p. 190
note: date of primary source: 1495
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: HALLIER
part of speech: noun
reason cited: etymology
text: E halier noun is more likely to have been adopted from AN *halier than to be an English formation on hale v. + ier, even if no AN or OF word halier is on record in this sense.
from: p. 40 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: HARPENER
part of speech: noun
reason cited: etymology.
text: The origin..will be OF harpon formed on OF harpe 'cramp, clamp.' The further etymologyology is doubtful.
from: p. 42 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: HAUBAUNK
part of speech: noun
reason cited: etymology
text: An AN form of OF hoben, hoban, hobenc, ModF hauban 'shroud'...The origin of the F word is ON hofuthbendur [-o- with iota-subscript] (pl.)
from: p. 43 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: the ON term means lit. 'head-rope'
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: PAINTER
part of speech: noun
reason cited: PAINTER 2; antedates 1487
text: cord' de canabo..pro peyntours et seysynges [(trans.) hemp rope..for painters and seizings]
from: p. 45 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: cited from Exchequer. King's Remembrancer. Various Accounts. (in Lists and Indexes No. HMSO, 1912) 101/19/31 m. 4
note: date of primary source: 1336-7
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: PAINTER
part of speech: noun
reason cited: PAINTER 2; etymology
text: pendoir n.m. (1182, Ord.)..Ce qui sert à suspendre.
from: p. 483 of Dictionnaire de l'ancien Franc¸ais, 2d. ed., by A.J. Greimas (1968)
note: earlier cit. of the F. word than is given in OED2
note: Ord. = Ordonnances cited in Godefroy
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: BUNDLE
part of speech: noun
reason cited: BUNDLE sb.; antedates 1382
text: arcubus xv. bundell' sagittar' xxxix. shottesperes xxiiij. [(trans.) for 15 bows; for 39 bowman's bundles [? quivers]; for 24 shot-spears]
from: p. 45-6 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: cited from Exchequer. King's Remembrancer. Various Accounts. (in Lists and Indexes 35, HMSO, 1912) 101/27/15 m. 6
note: date of primary source: 1358-64
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: SHOT-SPEAR
part of speech: noun
reason cited: not in OED
text: arcubus xv. bundell' sagittar' xxxix. shottesperes xxiiij. [(trans.) for 15 bows; for 39 bowman's bundles [? quivers]; for 24 shot-spears]
from: p. 45-6 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: cited from Exchequer. King's Remembrancer. Various Accounts. (in Lists and Indexes 35, HMSO, 1912) 101/27/15 m. 6
note: date of primary source: 1358-64
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: GRAPNEL
part of speech: noun
reason cited: antedates 1373
text: grapenell' cum j. cathena ferri j. [(trans.) 1 grapnel with 1 iron chain]
from: p. 46 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: cited from Exchequer. King's Remembrancer. Various Accounts. (in Lists and Indexes 35, HMSO, 1912) 101/27/15 m. 6
note: date of primary source: 1358-64
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: TARRED
part of speech: participial a.
reason cited: antedates 1615
text: terredropes long' et curt' j.
from: p. 46 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: cited from Exchequer. King's Remembrancer. Various Accounts. (in Lists and Indexes 35, HMSO, 1912) 101/27/15 m. 6
note: date of primary source: 1358-64
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: YERKING
part of speech: verbal noun
reason cited: not in OED
text: terredropes long' et curt' j. yerkyng j.
from: p. 46 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: cited from Exchequer. King's Remembrancer. Various Accounts. (in Lists and Indexes 35, HMSO, 1912) 101/27/15 m. 6
note: date of primary source: 1358-64
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: TARGET
part of speech: noun
reason cited: TARGET sb.1; antedates 1400
text: pauises et xxxiij. targett'
from: p. 46 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: cited from Exchequer. King's Remembrancer. Various Accounts. (in Lists and Indexes 35, HMSO, 1912) 101/27/15 m. 6
note: date of primary source: 1358-64
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: PAVIS
part of speech: noun
reason cited: antedates 1390
text: pauises et xxxiij. targett'
from: p. 46 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: cited from Exchequer. King's Remembrancer. Various Accounts. (in Lists and Indexes 35, HMSO, 1912) 101/27/15 m. 6
note: date of primary source: 1358-64
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: PAINTER
part of speech: noun
reason cited: PAINTER 2: 1; antedates 1487
text: shyves enen' pro Peyntr' les Ancor' J. [(trans.) brass/bronze pulleys for the painter of the anchors, 1]
from: p. 48 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: cited from Exchequer. King's Remembrancer. Various Accounts. (in Lists and Indexes 35, HMSO, 1912) 101/49/29 m. 11
note: date of primary source: 1419-22
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: PAINTER
part of speech: noun
reason cited: PAINTER 2: 1; antedates 1487
text: De Shyues eneis pro Peyntour' les Ancor'. [(trans.) for brass/bronze sheaves for the anchor-painter
from: p. 48 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: cited from Exchequer. King's Remembrancer. Various Accounts. (in Lists and Indexes 35, HMSO, 1912) 101/53/5 p. 65
note: date of primary source: 1432-7
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: JEER
part of speech: noun
reason cited: JEER sb.1; etymology
text: I would prefer to adduce Old Provenc&ced.al girar (OF girer), OProv. gir 'turning'. A derivation of the latter is gire&gra.la in the dialect of Nice, meaning 'tackle attached to the mast for the support of a yard', which is exactly the sense of jeer.
from: p. 48 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: HAWSER
part of speech: noun
reason cited: antedates 1338
text: Et in ij. Lyftynges et ij. cordis que vocantur hausours xv.s. ij.d. [(trans.) And for 2 liftings and 2 ropes called hawsers 15s. 2d.]
from: p. 55 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: cited from Exchequer. King's Remembrancer. Various Accounts. (in Lists and Indexes No. 35, HMSO, 1912) 101/5/21
note: date of primary source: 1294-6
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: HOLLAND
part of speech: attributive
reason cited: HOLLAND: 1.b.; antedates 1577
text: in vj. haunsers de fil' nigr' holand' pro Pollancreropes.. [(trans.) for 6 hawsers of tarred Holland rope for polancre-ropes]
from: p. 55 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: cited from Exchequer. King's Remembrancer. Various Accounts. (in Lists and Indexes 35, HMSO, 1912) 101/49/29 m. 4
note: date of primary source: 1419-22
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: MARLING
part of speech: verbal noun
reason cited: etymology
from: p. 62-3 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: Sandahl adduces MLG marlink, merlink and Du marling without explicitly calling them the etymologya of the E word, but they do seem likely candidates.
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: SAIL THREAD
part of speech: noun
reason cited: SAIL sb. 1: 11; antedates 1513
text: Et in filo voc' Saill' thred.. [(trans.) And for thread called sail thread..]
from: p. 63 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: cited from Exchequer. Accounts. 364/69 S.
note: date of primary source: 1434-5
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: SAIL-NEEDLE
part of speech: noun
reason cited: SAIL sb. 1: 11; antedates 1497
text: acubus voc' Sail' neduls.. [(trans.) for needles called sail-needles]
from: p. 63 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: cited from Exchequer. Accounts. 364/69 S.
note: date of primary source: 1434-5
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: JUNK
part of speech: noun
reason cited: JUNK sb. 2; antedates 1485
text: Junkes febles et en partie wastez.. [(trans.) junks [ropes] weak and partly ruined]
from: p. 70 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: cited from Exchequer. King's Remembrancer. Various Accounts. (in Lists and Indexes 35, HMSO, 1912) 101/44/17
note: ms. in French; date of primary source 1409-11
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: WINCH
part of speech: noun
reason cited: WINCH sb. 1: 3; antedates 1660
text: Wyndas cum ij. wynches ferr' ij. [(trans.) 2 windlasses with 2 iron winches]
from: p. 71 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: cited from Exchequer. King's Remembrancer. Various Accounts. (in Lists and Indexes 35, HMSO, 1912) 101/44/9 m. 6 d.
note: date of primary source: 1404-6
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: ZEELAND
part of speech: attributive
reason cited: not in OED
text: J. haunser de filo nigro Zeland' pro &ygh.erdrop'.. [(trans.) 1 hawser of tarred Zeeland yarn for a yard-rope]
from: p. 71 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: cited from Exchequer. King's Remembrancer. Various Accounts. (in Lists and Indexes 35, HMSO, 1912) 101/49/29 m. 6
note: date of primary source: 1419-22
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: BUOY-ROPE
part of speech: noun
reason cited: antedates 1562
text: ij. shetes ij. boiropes
from: p. 71 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: cited from Exchequer. King's Remembrancer. Various Accounts. (in Lists and Indexes 35, HMSO, 1912) 101/49/29 m. 9
note: date of primary source: 1419-22
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: BOAT-ROPE
part of speech: noun
reason cited: BOAT sb.: 3; antedates 1627
text: De cord' voc' haunc' de filo albo hol' pro brialropes pollancr' ropes boteropes et trisyngropes..[(trans.) For rope, called hawser, of white [i.e., untarred] Holland yarn for prial-ropes, polancre-ropes, boat-ropes and tricing-ropes..]
from: p. 71 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: cited from Exchequer. King's Remembrancer. Various Accounts. (in Lists and Indexes 35, HMSO, 1912) 101/53/5 p. 5
note: source date: 1432-7
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: PRIAL-ROPE
part of speech: noun
reason cited: etymology
from: p. 72-4 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: Prob. cognate w. MLG priger (late 15th cent.; derivs. in Norw and Sw). This is perh. cognate w. MLG, MDu prigen 'to sew with fine stitches', itself poss. cognate w. Eng. PRICK v., with the sense 'a rope that pierces a sail at intervals'. cf. also Du priel narrow opening betw. coastal sandbanks. Poss. confused with brail-rope (which is a distinct word), and perh. also influenced by PARREL.
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: PUTTOCK
part of speech: noun
reason cited: PUTTOCK 2; etymology
from: p. 80 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: Prob. from a dimin. variant of Du putting (the latter attested, indirectly in a Swed. borrowing, as early as 1495). This, in turn, from (M)LG, (M)Du poot, pôte (G pfote) 'foot'. Basic form either E *potoc [first -o- long] or *poting [-o- long] or MDu *potkijn [-o- long]. [(More likely is a Du dimin. in -eke)]
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: CLEAT
part of speech: noun
reason cited: antedates 1377
text: Et in J. cleto empto cum Putokrynges.. [(trans.) And for 1 cleat purchased, with puttock-rings..]
from: p. 81 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: cited from Exchequer. King's Remembrancer. Various Accounts. (in Lists and Indexes 35, HMSO, 1912) 101/7/25
note: date of primary source: 1298-9
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: RATLIN
part of speech: noun
reason cited: etymology
from: p. 82 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: Explicitly rejects OED's etymology., preferring deriv. from RADDLE (sb. 1).
note: see slip submitted for RADDLE for further etymology.
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: RADDLE
part of speech: noun
reason cited: RADDLE sb. 1; etymology
from: p. 82-3 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: Explicitly rejects OED's etymology. Proposes (northern) ME *ratheling from ON *rathel which, by reg. loss of v, comes from earlier *vrathel, cognate w. OE wræthel, wrædel 'girdle', from ON (v)ritha 'to twist, interweave', cogn. w. WRITHE.
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: DOCK
part of speech: noun
reason cited: DOCK sb. 3; antedates 1486
text: in Portu Suth' postquam dicta Ball' launchat' fuerat extra le Dook [(trans.) in the port of Southampton after the said balinger was launched from the dock]
from: p. 85 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: cited from ms. naval accounts and inventories of William Soper, Nat. Marit. Mus.
note: date of primary source: 1422-7
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: LAUNCH
part of speech: v.
reason cited: LAUNCH v.: 4.a.; early quot., perh. antedating
text: in Portu Suth' postquam dicta Ball' launchat' fuerat extra le Dook [(trans.) in the port of Southampton after the said balinger was launched from the dock]
from: p. 85 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: ms.cited from naval accounts and inventories of William Soper, Nat. Marit. Mus.
note: date of primary source: 1422-7
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: MAKE GREAT
part of speech: v.
reason cited: ? not in OED; ? early quot.
text: by couenaunte with hym made grete within the time of this Acompt
from: p. 85 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: cited from M. Oppenheim, ed. 1896. Naval accounts and inventories of the reign of Henry VII. Navy Records Society 8, p. 190
note: date of primary source: 1495
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: RIGGING
part of speech: verbal noun
reason cited: etymology
from: p. 88 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: not of Scand. origin; not related to "the various rigs and riggings listed in the NED"
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: SHOOTING
part of speech: verbal noun
reason cited: new meaning
text: Makyng of an Ankere Stoke and Shutyng the Ankere. Also the seid Robert Brygandyne hath payed for the Shuttyng of an Anker that belongeth to the seid Ship..
from: p. 94 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: cited from M. Oppenheim, ed. 1896. Naval accounts and inventories of the reign of Henry VII. Navy Records Society 8, p. 190
note: date of primary source: 1495
note: I would guess this means the bending of a cable to the anchor
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: BEE
part of speech: noun
reason cited: BEE 2: 2; antedates 1860
text: Stroppes for the tyes otherwise called bees ij
from: p. 97 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: cited from M. Oppenheim, ed. 1896. Naval accounts and inventories of the reign of Henry VII. Navy Records Society 8, p. 37
note: date of primary source: 1485
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: SLING
part of speech: noun
reason cited: SLING sb. 2; etymology.
from: p. 97-8 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: Sandahl considers this possibly to be a 'Channel word', i.e., a nautical word widespread around the English Channel, thus perh. making meaningless the question of the immediate origin of the English term.
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: WELFARE
part of speech: noun
reason cited: WELFARE sb.; early example
text: Fluna la Welyfare [ (trans.) the floine [a type of ship] [named] the Welyfare]
from: p. 100 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: cited from Exchequer. King's Remembrancer. Various Accounts. (in Lists and Indexes 35, HMSO, 1912) 101/27/15
note: date of primary source: 1358-64
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: LASTAGE
part of speech: noun
reason cited: LASTAGE sb. [2]: 2; [antedates 1397-8, French text]
text: En lastage de la Cog' Johan quant il fust deliuerez a Will'm Pier' iij.s. [ (trans.) for the lastage [ballasting] of the cog Johan when it was delivered to William Pier 3 s.]
from: p. 100 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: cited from Exchequer. King's Remembrancer. Various Accounts. (in Lists and Indexes 35, HMSO, 1912) 101/25/32/ m. 2
note: date of primary source: 1347-50
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: STEDING-LINE
part of speech: noun
reason cited: etymology (not in OED)
from: p. 101 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: prob. from ON stæthingr, but a native formation on OE stod [-o- is long] cannot be excluded
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: STEKIERES
part of speech: noun (pl. form)
reason cited: etymology (not in OED)
from: p. 101-2 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: perh. from OE stician plus agentive suffix -er
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: STETING / STEDING
part of speech: noun
reason cited: etymology (not in OED)
from: p. 105 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: from ON stæthingr which is from ON stóth 'post, upright' (= OE stod [-o- is long], E stud)
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: STETE
part of speech: noun
reason cited: etymology (not in OED)
from: p. 107 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: from ME steten, stete 'to push, shove, kick'
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: SWIFTER
part of speech: noun
reason cited: etymology
from: p. 110 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: from ME swift 'reef-point'
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: SWIFT
part of speech: noun
reason cited: SWIFT sb. 1; etymology
from: p. 105 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 2, by Bertil Sandahl (1958)
note: from ON sviptingar, sviptungar 'reef-points' from Germ. *swip- 'move in a sweeping manner'
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: SKEET
part of speech: noun
reason cited: SKEET sb. 1; antedates 1440
text: De Teldes x. De Sketefat' j.
from: p. 110 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: cited from Exchequer. King's Remembrancer. Various Accounts. (in Lists and Indexes 35, HMSO, 1912) 101/43/7 m. 3
note: date of primary source: 1401-3
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: SKEET-FAT
part of speech: noun
reason cited: SKEET sb. 1; not in OED
text: De Teldes x. De Sketefat' j.[(trans.) for 10 awnings and 1 skeet-fat]
from: p. 110 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: cited from Exchequer. King's Remembrancer. Various Accounts. (in Lists and Indexes 35, HMSO, 1912) 101/43/7 m. 3
note: date of primary source: 1401-3
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: TACK
part of speech: noun
reason cited: TACK sb. 1: 5.a.; etymology
from: p. 111 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: from OF taque 'belaying cleat' (cf. modF taquet), ult. from Germ. stakka 'stake'
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: BARK
part of speech: noun
reason cited: BARK sb. 2; antedates 1475
text: Carrac' Regis vocat' Petir de la Tour' cum..xij. Pulleys J. Batell' voc' barke J. lantern.. [(trans.) the King's carrack called Petir de la Tour with..12 pulleys, 1 boat called a bark, 1 lantern..]
from: p. 123 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: cited from Exchequer. King's Remembrancer. Various Accounts. (in Lists and Indexes 35, HMSO, 1912) 101/49/29 m. 11
note: date of primary source 1419-22
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: SEW
part of speech: noun
reason cited: SEW sb. 2; [antedates 1475 (French text)]
text: Et en sewe pur les vpteghes viij.d...Et en sewe achate a Sandwiz pur la talwyng de mesme le nief et la bat' dicelle [(trans.) And for a sew for the ties [rigging] 8.d...And for a sew bought at Sandwich for the tallowing of the same ship and its boat]
from: p. 124 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: cited from Exchequer. King's Remembrancer. Various Accounts. (in Lists and Indexes 35, HMSO, 1912) 101/25/32 m.4
note: date of primary source: 1347-50
note: Here sew has the meaning 'tub' from which the E meaning 'sewer' prob. developed.
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: UPTIE
part of speech: noun
reason cited: etymology
from: p. 124 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: prefers deverbal formation on the verb uptigan [-g- with superscript dot] to compound of up plus teag
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: WARE-SHEET
part of speech: noun
reason cited: etymology (not in OED)
from: p. 126 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: from WARE v. 'to guard, secure' (i.e., a 'preventer rope' of some kind)
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: WARETACK
part of speech: noun
reason cited: etymology
from: p. 127 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: from WARE v. 'to guard, secure' (i.e., a 'preventer tack')
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: WARTAKE
part of speech: noun
reason cited: etymology
from: p. 127 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: from WARE v. 'to guard, secure' (i.e., a 'preventer tack')
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: BLOCK
part of speech: noun
reason cited: BLOCK sb.: 5; antedates1622
text: payit to Robert Bertoun for blokkis and brassin schiffis..
from: p. 132 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: Accts. Lord High Treasurer of Scotland, vol. 1, p. 254
note: date of primary source 1505
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: CANVAS
part of speech: noun
reason cited: early example
text: Et in lx. vlnis caneuac' emptis ad dictum velum dupplicandum [(trans.) And for 60 ells of canvas bought for reinforcing said sail]
from: p. 140 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: cited from Exchequer. King's Remembrancer. Various Accounts. (in Lists and Indexes 35, HMSO, 1912) 101/19/31 (ms.4-6) m. 4
note: date of primary source: 1336-7
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: GARFANGLE
part of speech: noun
reason cited: antedates 1440
text: Et in ij. Garfangles viij.d. [(trans.) And for 2 garfangles, 8 d.]
from: p. 142 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: cited from Exchequer. King's Remembrancer. Various Accounts. (in Lists and Indexes 35, HMSO, 1912) 101/19/31 (ms. 4-6) m. 4
note: date of primary source: 1336-7
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: TRIPOD
part of speech: noun
reason cited: antedates 1370
text: iij. Caudrons de coreo j. Tripode iij. Bayles
from: p. 143 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: cited from Customs Accounts 122/176/3
note: date of primary source: 1342-3
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: AUGER
part of speech: noun
reason cited: AUGER sb. 1; earliest example of form without initial n-
text: j. batell' debili j. auegore j. Martell' [ (trans.) one weak boat, 1 auger, 1 hammer]
from: p. 151 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: cited from Exchequer. Accounts of the Clerk of the King's Ships 372/203 m. 34 (37)
note: date of primary source: 1358-9
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: TRIPOD
part of speech: noun
reason cited: new variant; antedates 1370
text: j. crowe ponder' xxviij.lb. j. triped ponder' xxxix.lb.
from: p. 152 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: cited from Exchequer. Accounts of the Clerk of the King's Ships 372/203 m. 36 (39) d.
note: date of primary source: 1358-9
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: STIPIT
part of speech: noun
reason cited: antedates a hapax from 1592
text: Et de j. lath' cum j. stipit' pro bord' operand' fact' de merem' [(trans.) And for 1 'lathe' [? scaffold] with 1 stipit for working on planking, made of wood]
from: p. 152 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: cited from Exchequer. Accounts of the Clerk of the King's Ships 372/203 m. 36 (39) d.
note: date of primary source: 1358-9
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: LATHE
part of speech: noun
reason cited: LATHE sb. 3; antedates 1476
text: Et de j. lath' cum j. stipit' pro bord' operand' fact' de merem' [(trans.) And for 1 'lathe' [? scaffold] with 1 stipit for working on planking, made of wood]
from: p. 152 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: cited from Exchequer. Accounts of the Clerk of the King's Ships 372/203 m. 36 (39) d.
note: date of primary source: 1358-9
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: ROLL
part of speech: noun
reason cited: ROLL sb. 1: 15; antedates 1426
text: ij. polyues cum ij. rueles de eneo [(trans.) 2 blocks with 2 brass/bronze rolls [sheaves]]
from: p. 152 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: cited from Exchequer. Accounts of the Clerk of the King's Ships 372/203 m. 36 (39) d.
note: date of primary source: 1358-9
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: SKEET-FAT
part of speech: noun
reason cited: SKEET sb. 1; not in OED
text: sketfates xx. polyues ij.
from: p. 153 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: cited from Guildhall. Letter-Book G, fol. ccciv.
note: date of primary source: 1373
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: TRESTLE
part of speech: noun
reason cited: early example (Fr text)
text: iiij. tables oue trestell' iiij. napes pour ycels [(trans.) 4 tables or trestles with 4 cloths for them]
from: p. 153 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: cited from Guildhall. Letter-Book G, fol. ccciv.
note: date of primary source: 1373
note: Fr. document with much Eng. vocab.
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: NAPE
part of speech: noun
reason cited: NAPE sb. 2; [antedates a hapax of 1450 (Fr text)]
text: iiij. tables oue trestell' iiij. napes pour ycels [(trans.) 4 tables or trestles with 4 cloths for them]
from: p. 153 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: cited from Guildhall. Letter-Book G, fol. ccciv.
note: date of primary source: 1373
note: Fr. document with much Eng. vocab.
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
catchword: TRIBUL
part of speech: noun
reason cited: not in OED
text: pro garnestura diuers' nau' Regis..in particula de scop' et tribul' [(trans.) for equipment for several of the King's ships..in particular for scoops and 'tribuls']
from: p. 151 of Middle English Sea Terms , v. 3, by Bertil Sandahl (1982)
note: cited from Exchequer. Accounts of the Clerk of the King's Ships 372/203 m. 34 (37)
note: date of primary source: 1358-9
note: meaning unknown. Sandahl (p. 19) says "A tool, generally a shovel", but cf. Ital trivello, OF tairelle, etc., from L terebellus 'auger'
reader: Alan Hartley
date read: January 1996
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