dos
.
Searchable Lemmata: dos (AF).
Alternate Forms: dorce, dorse.
Definitions and Defining Citations:
1a(n.)
Law/Custom;
back; in specific uses: the back or reverse of a measure of cloth.(1274 - 1450)
1. xxviij aulnes mesurez p[ar] le dorce ... qe nulle p[er]sone faisant tielx man[er]s dez draps ou duszenes deins le roialme ... draps appellez brode clothes & brode dusannes
Legal.
[AND Stats (ii 284) post 1274]
Sex: N/A Use: Secular Status: n/a Rank: n/a Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: Back.
Etymological Evidence:
Definite, Old French dos, from Latin dorsum (back).
Medieval Latin dorsum caries various senses largely unrelated to cloth and clothing (most of which it shares with AF): back of human; back of animal hide or fur; ridge; back of the finger; dorse of membrane or document; back of a building; reredos; rear of an army.
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