garnison
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Searchable Lemmata: garnison (AF).
Alternate Forms: garnisons.
Definitions and Defining Citations:
1(n.)
Garment;
usually meaning (the act of) furnishing, providing, fitting, defending; in cloth & clothing contexts used to refer to a garments (var. garnementz).(circa 1315)
1. [72] ... un lyndrapier (var. lyndraper) de Lound[res] purchacea tenementz a luy et a sa femme ... [79] ... ij. garnisons (var. garnementz) pris de x. s. ... vj. peirs de soudlers ... iiij peirs de chaux (var. chaus)
Accounts.
[AND YBB Ed II (ii 72-79) 1307/1321]
Sex: N/A Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.
Etymological Evidence:
Speculative, Cf. garnement (garment).
WF: Derivation
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