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panniculus

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Searchable Lemmata: panniculus (L).
Alternate Forms: panniculis, panniculos, panniculorum, panniculum, pannisculis.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(n.) Textile; cloth; a piece of cloth. In other uses not attested here, used to refer to a membrane (medical); also with figurative senses.(ante 709 - ante 1217)
1. panniculus a panno Other. [DMLBS ALDH. (PR 133 p. 183) ante 709]
2. caputiis ... variis panniculorum generibus ... consutis Other. [DMLBS GIR. (TH III 10c) ante 1188]
3. sublevatis ... panniculis in quibus fuerunt obvoluti, ... vetustate et putredine ... consumptis, aliis pannis decentioribus operuerunt Historic. [DMLBS GERV. CANT. (Combust. 22) ante 1210]
4. si per panniculos comparant sibi scientias Ecclesiastic/Regula. (with reference to a shred or small piece) [DMLBS GIR. (Spec. I proem. p. 4) circa 1210]
5. fenestrella panno [v. l. panniculo; gl.: clotet, drap, drapelet] lineo ... muneatur Gloss. [DMLBS NECKAM (Ut. 117) ante 1217]
L; Primarily N/A.
Sex: N/A    Use: n/a    Status: n/a    Rank: n/a    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, Classical L.
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