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carde

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Searchable Lemmata: carda (L), carde (ME), carde (AF), card (OScots), carde (MdE).
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    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(n.) Textile; kind of fabric; possibly linen; typically used for curtains and linings.(circa 1278 still in current use)
1. In carde et cendal pro eorum ponecellis (=pennons) [AND Leicester (i 340) circa 1277/1463]
2. in carda tincta empta ad curtinas mutarum falconum Accounts, Legal. [DMLBS KR (Ac 467/6/5) 1277]
3. in ... lineana carda Indi coloris cum panno consimili de Veneciis ad pendendum ante altare; ... similiter carda Inda cum zona de filo Other. [DMLBS Vis. S. Paul. (335b) 1295]
4. Sex vlnarum panni coloris, centum triginta vlnarum de karde Accounts. [DOST Exch. R. (I. 117) 1328]
5. cum assignaverimus ... pavillonarium nostrum ad canevacium, cardam et cordas ac alia que ad officium suum pertinent ... providentia Legal. [DMLBS Pat (225 m. 24) 1348]
6. In xj ulnis de card ... pro vestimentis ... Et in vj uln. de inedecard et iiijor tunicis pro pauperibus clericis, 8 s. 2 d. Accounts. [MED Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100 (385) 1361/1362]
7. 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]
8. lui facez liverer sendale, canavas, velvetz, draps d’or et de soy, or de Cipre, argent de Cipre, soy, carde [var.: soy cardé], lienge, toille, canevaz, fil et toutes autres choses diverses Accounts. Cf. card (verb). The manuscript either reads 'silk, card, linen ... ' or, improbably, 'carded silk, linen'. [AND PRO E101/395/2 (129) 1364/1372]
9. The forsayd Robt. schall deliuer ... a selour wyth iij curteyns of carde [MED *Indent.Elyngham ((Add Charter 62408)) 1425]
AF, L, ME, MdE, OScots.
Sex: N/A    Use: n/a    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, Uncertain etymology; cf. Medieval Latin carda.
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