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pallet

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Searchable Lemmata: palet (AF), palet (ME), palettus (L), paletta (L), paeled (W), pallet (MdE).
Alternate Forms: paled, palette, palatte, plelet, paelet, palettum, paletto, paelettas, palettis, palettos, palets, palettes.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(n.) Headgear; piece of armour for the head; helmet; skullcap made of canvas, leather or similar, worn under a helmet; (also, by association, the head itself).(ante 1300 - post 1600 ?)
1. hee sunt armature quas ... recepit ... : unam loricam, ... j gardecors de ferro, j cohoperturas ferreas, j caligas ferreas, j galeam, j cap[ellum ferreum], j paelett'; et de lineis armaturis j purpunctum et j espauleram de nigro cendalo, ... quiseram et coleram et coifam et tunicam armandam et duo paria cohopertoriorum ... Accounts. [DMLBS CurR (XI 1913) 1224]
2. quinque paria coopertoriorum ferreorum pretii xxv li., et sex paria de trappes pretii sex li., et tres lorice pretii vj m., et tria paria calcearum ferrearum pretii xx s., et tres palette ferree pretii sex s. Other. [DMLBS IMisc (31/11) 1273]
3. He smot ... þurth helme and palet to þe toþ Arthurian, Heroic, Romance. (work: a1300?) [MED Arth.& M. ((Auch) 4006) circa 1330]
4. ad eligendum ... sexaginta hobelarios, quorum quilibet habeat unum equum, unum aketonem vel plates, unum bacinettum vel palettum ... cerotecas ferreas Legal. [DMLBS RScot (328a) 1335]
5. Palmer budr, pwl marw bidyn, Paeled oer heb bil y din. Poetic. [GPC GDG (287) circa 1350]
6. que null sire chivaler ... ne porte palet ne chapele de ferre Legal. [AND Stats (ii 93 i) post 1377]
7. XI. [Corpse presents of arms and armour.] 36. Item, come par l'estatut de Wyncestre [3] et autres estatutz, soit ordeinez qe chescun homme soit armez et arraiez selonc lours estates en defense du roialme, ... et plusours soi arment a greindre value qe le remenant de touz lours biens, ... la leur parsones et vikers apres la mort des tielx demandent lours armures en noun des mortuaires et corps presantz; c'estassavoir plates, haubergeons, bacinettes, aventailes, gauntz de plates, actons, palettes, jackes defensibles, et autres armures, et impledont lours executours des choses suisditz en courte Cristiene, la ou ils sont juges mesmes. Si prient les communes q'en cest parlement soit ordenez par estatut qe les ditz parsones et vikers n'aient [Column b] nul tiel corps presant ne mortuaire d'armure, einz qe les armuers demoergent a les heirs ou executours, en defens du roialme. Legal. [LexP PROME (Rich. II: Parl. of Jan. 1380, Item 36) 1380]
8. [One] palett [with] aventaill Legal. [MED Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh. (212) 1393]
9. Ricardus le Strange cum ... suis servientibus cum gladiis, daggariis, et bucheleris ac palettis in eorum capitibus prefatam ecclesiam ... ingrediebatur Accounts. [DMLBS Reg. Cant. (IV 173) 1417]
10. pro ij palettis de canvace Wills. [DMLBS Test. Ebor. (III 72) 1423]
12. His strok with-stode no basenet, His strong helme, ne his palet; He cleff his heued atwo Heroic, Historic, Poetic, Romance. (work: c1400) [MED Ld.Troy ((LdMisc 595) 4986) circa 1425]
13. Diuerses sowdiours ... arrayed with jakkes, palettes, swerdes, bokelers, bowes and arwes in maner of werre or insurreccoun entred forcible in to the seyde manoir Legal. [MED *Anc.Pet. ((PRO) 336.15865) circa 1434]
14. [373] ... Ovyr lethyr [vr. ouerledyr] of a schoo: Impedia ... [377] ... Patche [vr. pahche], or clowt sett on a thynge: Scrutum, pictacium ... [378] ... Palet, armowre for the heed: Pelliris, galerus Lexicon. [MED PParv. ((Hrl 221) 373-8) 1440]
AF, L, ME, MdE.
Sex: Male    Use: Military    Status: n/a    Rank: n/a    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: Head.

    Etymological Evidence:

Speculative, AF; cf. Middle French palet (helmet); post-classical L paletta, palettus (helmet). From AF > Middle English; possibly also directly to Middle Welsh, though possibly via ME.
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