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chalon

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Searchable Lemmata: chalon (AF), chalo (L), chalonicus (L), chaloun (ME), chalon (MdE), shalloon (MdE).
Alternate Forms: calun, chalone, chalonem, chalones, chalonibus, chalonicum, chalonnes, chalons, chaloun, chalun, chaluns, shalo, shalun, thalones.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1a(n.) Garment; kind of woollen cloth or frieze originally associated with or produced in Châlons-sur-Marne, France [cf. Keene, D. (1985), p. 207], often figured; also used attributively ('of chalon', shalloon, and cf. L chalonicus). Also, some kind of pure wool cloth (?), in the 'Ancient Consuetudinary of the City of Winchester' (AND Winchester) the textile is identified as a short cloth woven by 'tapeners', probably on the two-beam loom. Cf. sense 1b. Also, cf. L catalaunensis.(ante 1275 - 1620)
1. [70.18] ... quatre serjanz deivent estre en la vile jurez verges portanz a fere les comandemanz le mere ... [70.29] ... nul de la cité ne doit fere uverer bureaus ne chaluns dehors les murs de la cité Legal. [AND Winchester (70.18-29) circa 1275]
2. lez uvere les buraus de la vile ... devoit rendre ... chescun ustil des granz chalons .xii. deners e des petiz .vi. deners Legal. From PRO SC 8, the Ancient Petitions [AND PRO (SC 8/149/7429) circa 1272/1290]
c.f.: chalonicus, catalaunensis
AF, L, ME, MdE; Toponym.
Sex: N/A    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.
References: Keene, D. (1985)
1b(n.) Furnishing; piece of cloth originally made from this material - usually a blanket, coverlet, hanging or tapestry. Most instances (particularly ME, MdE, L) describe a chalon as a type of bed-covering. (cf. MdE, chaloner, p1860). Also appears in compounds/noun phrases: cf. chalon duble, chalon de Reins, chalon raié, chalon simple, chalon work, chalon maker, chaloun yern -- all given as separate entries.(ante 1200 - post 1860)
1. [Pannos pictos, qui vocantur Chaluns.] [MED Doc.in Dugdale Monasticon 7 (p. *xlv) 1189]
2. robaverunt ei ... ij lincellos et ij chalones Accounts. [DMLBS CurR (II 50) 1201]
3. invenite sumerio capelle nostre j sellam ... et j chalonem ad ponendum sub pedibus capellani nostri Accounts, Legal. [DMLBS Cl (102a) 1208]
4. pro j chalone, qui constitit vij s. vj d., ... ad ponendum ante lectum nostrum Accounts, Legal. [DMLBS Cl (483b) 1221]
5. thoral: chalun ... velum: veil vel cuverture de lyt ... nimbus: chapeus ... byssinas: cheinse ... catella: escheletes Gloss. [? thoral - MCC] (citations from individual page of text may not appear in original order) [AND TLL (ii 57) ante 1300]
6. [119] ... birris: gerouns ... [120] ... tapete: chaloun ... et inaures: e aneles Gloss. [AND TLL (ii 119-120) ante 1300]
7. iiij *thalones cum kanabo lato cortine in choro Accounts. [DMLBS Invent. S. Paul. (495) 1245]
8. faciant habere ... unum lectum ... , viz. duos chalones et duos lincellos Accounts, Legal. [DMLBS Cl (47) 1255]
9. Ne toylle ne nape ne cotelet, Ne chaloun ne lyncel [AND S Paul (276-277) circa 1300]
10. [534] ... in vj ulnis de begyno radiato pro roba ... xij s. ... [537] ... in j chalone empto pro lecto prioris, xv s. Accounts. [DMLBS Ac. Durh. (534-537) 1340]
11. In lectis hospitium ij chalonnes. [MED Invent.Monk-Wear.in Sur.Soc.29 (153) 1360]
12. j chalo pro altari; ... j chalo viridis et rubei coloris Accounts. (cf. ib. 13: j shalo) [DMLBS Invent. Norw. (8) 1368]
13. A bed With shetes and with chalons faire yspred. Poetic. [MED Chaucer CT.Rv. ((Manly-Rickert) A.4140) circa 1390]
14. Item ij chalons, reed and plonket; þe red with okyn leves yn, þe plonket with rede rose þeryn. ... Þe bed of red worstede with þe hole sile of þe largest assise ... Y wul and ordeyne þat Elizabeth my wief have an halle and docer and ij costours steyned with þe sege of Troye ... iij cortyns ... ij playn and þe þridde striped with plonket riban Wills. [MED Reg.Chichele in Cant.Yk.S.42 ((Lamb 69) 46) 1415]
15. [21b] ... A Carder: Carptrix ... [22b] ... A Chalon: Amphitapetum. Gloss. [MED *Cath.Angl. ((Add 15562) 21b-22b) circa 1475]
c.f.: catalaunensis
AF, L, ME, MdE; Primarily Accounts; Toponym.
Sex: N/A    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.
1c(n.) Furnishing; specifically, a saddle cloth [AND Trist (T1) 1150]; a litter or sedan (?) [AND TLL ii 87].(circa 1150 - 1300)
1. Al lever que fait des chalons ... Estuet li sa quisse aovrir Romance. [AND Trist ((T1) 1150) circa 1150/1200]
2. lectica: pro cheere a dame, chalun ... filarium: filerie Gloss. [AND TLL (ii 87) ante 1300]
AF; Toponym.
Sex: N/A    Use: n/a    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, From Châlons-sur-Marne, France [mentioned in Du Cange, but not in Godefroy or Cotgrave].
WF: Borrowed into the British Isles
Etym Cog:
References:

    Archaeological Evidence:

cf. Keene, Winchester, p. 207
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