fustian
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Searchable Lemmata: fustian (AF), fustian (ME), fustanium (L), fustianum (L), fustania (L), fustiana (L), ffustion (W), fustian (OScots), fustian (MdE).
Alternate Forms: fustyan, fustiane, fustiaine, fustiani, fustianie, fustien, fustion, fustain, fustayn, fustaine, fustani, fustanie, fustean, fustyn, fosteon, fustein, fustane, fusten, fustanno, fustamum, fustaneum, fustanno, fusteniam, fustanio, fustina.
Definitions and Defining Citations:
1a(n.)
Textile;
type of cloth, often described as being made of cotton, flax or wool, of various textures and qualities. Described by Anne Sutton as an 'ancient cloth of the Middle East made from flax and cotton; it was soon imitated in Italy, where it became an increasingly important manufacture from the 12th century' [Sutton, A.F. (2005), 4].
In his 1927 study, Herbert Norris defined fustian as 'a material with a linen warp and a cotton woof [or weft], woven with a short looped surface which was sheared and formed a close-set pile. [...] This material was much esteemed as seemly though not costly, as was used for making outer garments of all kinds for the laity, and for vestments for the clergy' [Norris, H. (1927), p. 64]. In modern use, usually applied to a coarse cloth of cotton and/or linen.(ante 1130 - post 1860)
1. [Or] oez, frere, la mesure De la vostre vest[e]ure: Nus defendums [les] gallebruns, [E] ensement les isembruns, [Is]si fesum la fustiaine
Ecclesiastic/Regula.
[AND Hosp (1165) ante 1185]
3. precipimus vobis quod habere faciatis G. ... telam et fusteniam et cordas et alia que necessaria fuerint ad unum papilionem faciendum
Accounts, Legal.
[DMLBS Cl (113b) 1226]
5. pro duabus peciis de fustiana et xl ulnis linee tele tincte pro dicto cubito cooperiendo infra et extra
Accounts.
[DMLBS Ac. Wardr. (57) 1300]
6. si il ne voillent estre desmenez par la ley de Loundres S'il ount mercerie, il poent vendre quarteroun de comyn, et la dozeyne de fustayn ... la trone dont il peserount doit estre de xxii clous
[AND Lib Cust (63) circa 1300/1350]
7. vous en irez a mon mercer et vous achaterez de luy dis aulnes ... de drap d'or ... trent aulnes de blanc fustian ... des pourpoins, cotes, surcotes ... vous en taillerez
[AND Man lang (48) 1396]
8. Item vij towell' ... pris viijs.
Item iiij roll' worstede ... pris xxs.
Item iiij pec. worstede ... pris iiij markes
Item iiij pec. Card ... pris xs.
Item j pec. et di. de bordelisaundre ... pris vjs.
Item ij keverlites ove ij testurys
enbrawded de le minime stature ... xiijs. iiijd.
Item j keverlite et testur' de blew worstede ... vjs. viijd.
Item j pec. de ffustyan ... xiijs. iiijd.
Item iiij dossen kercheves de Berchefoll ... xiijs. iiijd.
Item vj peyntyd clothus ... iiijs.
[LexP Bristol Customs Searchers (p. 51, no. 38.A) circa 1399/1413]
9. [68] ... Also, for xxxviij 3erdis of lyre for þe veyl, xiiij d. Also for soweng & hemmynge of þe same veyl & rynges, xij d. ... [72] ... For makyng of ij crossis in a fusteyn vestement.
Accounts.
[MED Rec.St.Mary at Hill (68-72) 1429/1430]
11. allocate eisdem pro ... novem ulnis de fustina pro una casula ad capellam domini regis ...
Accounts, Legal.
[DMLBS ExchScot (385b) 1458]
Sex: N/A Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.
1b(n.)
Textile;
piece of this cloth, a blanket of fustian (for a bed).(ante 1130)
4. [11] ... I wul he haue al myn other houshoold ... except my bed of Tapistree, þe which I wull my welbeloved wife Cecile haue ... [18] ... I wull he haue to þe oone bed a peyre fustyans, and to þe oþer a peyre blankettis
Legal, Wills.
[MED EEWills (56/11-18) 1424]
Sex: N/A Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.
Etymological Evidence:
Definite, Old French fustaine, fustaigne; conjecturally derived from Fostat (suburb of Cairo) [s.v. OED, 2nd ed. (1989)]; British L fustanium, fustianum from AF/ME; fustania, fustiana from Old French fustaine.
WF:
Etym Cog: fustaine (OF), fustaigne (OF).
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