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calceamentum

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Searchable Lemmata: calceamentum (L), chaucement (AF).
Alternate Forms: calciamentum, calciamenta, calciamenti, calciamentis, chaucemente, chalcement, calcement, calciment, chauncemente, chaucemens.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(n.) Accessory; footwear; shoe(s); boot(s); footwear or protection for the lower leg.(ante 700 - circa 1425)
1. Caligarios vero non a callo pedum, sed a calo, id est ligno, vocatos, sine quo consui calciamenta non possunt, quas Graeci καλοπόδιον dicunt: fiebant autem prius ex salice tantum. Hinc et calciamenta dicta quod in calo, id est ligno, fiant; vel quod calcentur. [DOE ISID. Etym. (19,34,2)]
2. spolietur omnibus bonis usque ad corrigiam calciamenti Other. [DMLBS ALCUIN (Ep. 246) 802]
3. calciamentum : gescy. [DOE ÆGl (0881 (314.15))]
4. Sutores nuncupatos quod insertis filo porcorum setis suant, id est consuant, quasi setores.Isidore offers numerous examples of calciamenta, including crepida, calceus, ocrea, cothurnus, baxea, talaris, obstrigillus, hosa, mulleus, solea, soccus, cernuus, pero, sculponea, and corrigia. [DOE ISID. Etym. (19,34,1)]
5. statutum est ... ut vestes clericorum sint unius coloris et calciamenta ordinata Historic. from the entry for the year 1102 [DMLBS W. MALM. (GP I 64) post 1125]
6. [129] ... pilleola: lé petit hurettes (var. petit chapews vel huris) ... calciamenta: chaucemens ... intercutia: rivez, waltez, erivetes, woltes, rivés, walte, les rivez, les erivés ... [130] ... atramentario: anglice blec, gallice neiret .i. blech, anglice blecce, de neyret, neyret, nerete ... pennula: furure ... [131] ... tersorio: tersour, escoveloun, escovelun, tayle Gloss. [AND TLL (ii 129-131) ante 1300]
7. in botes et calciamentis emptis Accounts. [DMLBS Comp. Swith. (280) 1382]
8. Calciacio pedum representat Christi incarnacionem iuxta illud psalmi dictum in persona filii : I[n] Ydumeam extendam calciamentum meum, id est humanam naturam. Unde sacerdos, cum Christum representat, non debet discalciatus celebrare, secundum Rituale. [MED Spec.Chr.(1) (181,27-31)]
9. Mayntene thysilf aftir thi rent, Of robe and eke of garnement [F De robes et de chauncemente] Poetic, Romance. [attestation is from the Continental French source] [MED RRose ((Htrn 409) 2256) ante 1425]
c.f.: calceus
AF, L, OE.
Sex: Male, Female    Use: n/a    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: Foot.

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, Classical Latin and Old French.
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