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finger-stall

, finger + stall.
Searchable Lemmata: finger-stal (ME), fyngerstalle (AF), finger-stall (MdE).
Alternate Forms: ffyngyll stall, Fyngyr stalle.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(n.) Accessory; thimble; some similar protection for the finger; the OED (supported by the MED) suggests a protective wrap, the finger of a protective glove or some similar support for the finger.(1422 still in current use)
1. Et fuit commaundé par la court qe le champion le tenant metteroit en son gaunce (l. gaunte) v. d. setassaver en chacun fyngerstalle un d. et qe tenoit suys sa mayne dextre nude tanque a son elbowe et qe getteroit son gaunce (l. gaunte) en la court Legal. [AND YBB Hen VI (95) 1422]
2. [47b] ... A ffyngyll stall [Monson: Fyngyr stalle] or thymbyll: digitale ... [48b] ... A ffleyse: vellus, vellerosus ... [49] ... A Butewe: ocreola Gloss. [MED *Cath.Angl. ((Add 15562) 47b-49) circa 1475]
c.f.: thimble
AF, ME, MdE.
Sex: Male, Female    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: Hand.

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, ME ffyngyll stall [Fyngyr stalle].
WF: Compound
Etym Cog:
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