revers
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Searchable Lemmata: revers (AF), revers (ME), revers (MdE).
Alternate Forms: reueres, reuers, rewers, reuerses.
Definitions and Defining Citations:
1(n.)
Decoration;
border or edge of a garment which has been turned back so that it is visible; usually the revers is trimmed, ornamented, embroidered, or similar.(ante 1378 still in current use)
2. [4.14] ... [3] kurtyns [of paned red] sarsynet [and bluet] ... [A murrey tunic with 1] revers [of calaber worth 10 s.] ... [A] lynyng [of black sindon] ...
[4.15] ... [A coverlet with a celure joined in one piece of blue] tartaryn [worth 53 s. 4 d.] ...
[4.16] ... [8 sanaps and 10] wardenappes [worth 3 s. 7 d.]
Accounts.
[MED Inquis.Miscel.(PRO) (4.14-16) 1378]
3. [3.18] ... In that dai the Lord shal don awei the ournement of shon, and boces [L lunulas], and be3es, and brooches ... and mytris and combys [WB(2): coombis; L discriminalia] and ribanes and reuerses at the hemmis ... [3.23] ... Pynnes and sheweres and necke couercheues [vr. neckercheuys], and filetes [WB(2): and smal lynun clothis aboute the schuldris, and kercheues; L et sindones et vittas].
Biblical/Hagiographic.
[MED WBible(1) ((Dc 369(1)) Is.3.18-23) 1382]
4. [3.77] ... Þis was þe firste kyng of Romayns þat vsede purpur ... and branderers and reueres [vr. brouders and revers; L fascibus, ?misread as: fasciis] ... [3.85] ... Þis Ieremyas sigh his brigirdel [vr. brygurdel; Higd.(2): braygirdle; L lumbare] yrotet bysides þe ryuer Eufrates
Heroic, Romance.
[MED Trev.Higd. ((StJ-C H.1) 3.77-85) ante 1387]
5. [x] vesture et apparaille, sanz ascuns revers ou purfil ... [xii] ... q’ils ne usent drape d’or ne cloche mantell ne goune furrurez de menevere purrez, maunches d'ermyn, ne nul apparaille broudez de perre n’autrement ... Clercz ... puissent user pellure en yver, par mesme la manere usent en esté linure ...
Legal.
[AND Stats (i 381) 1363]
Sex: Male, Female Use: n/a Status: n/a Rank: n/a Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.
Etymological Evidence:
Definite, AF revers, rewer; from Old French. Cf. British L reversatus.
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