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Catalaunensis

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Searchable Lemmata: Catalaunensis (L), Catalaunicus (L).
Alternate Forms: katalonicus (L), de chabilon' (L).

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1a(adj.) Textile; chalon, a type of woollen cloth. Also, a type of blanket or covering of this material, made in or associated with Châlons-sur-Marne (now Châlons-en-Champagne). Cf. chalon, shalloon; chalo.(ante 1250 - ante 1300 ?)
1. Catalaunensia [gl.: G. chaluns] [DMLBS NECKAM (Med. Schi. 363)]
2. unum pulvinar coopertum panno Katalonico ... capa ... cum tassellis in quibus breudantur S. Petrus et S. Paulus Accounts. cf. (Vis. York) EHR XLVI 450 [DMLBS Invent. S. Paul. (475) 1245]
3. usum pannorum de Chabilon', nisi fuerint prorsus nigri ... , monachis inhibemus.(Vis. York). [This 'single-lexeme switch' form probably derives from the L name for Châlons-sur-Saône (Cabalaunum), which is substituted (mistakenly?) for Châlons-sur-Marne (Catalaunum) - MCC] [DMLBS EHR (XLVI 450) 1226]
c.f.: chalon
L; Toponym.
Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, From the OF town name Châlons-sur-Marne.
WF: Borrowed into the British Isles
Etym Cog:
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