villatus
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Searchable Lemmata: villatus (L).
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Definitions and Defining Citations:
1(adj.)
Textile;
literally 'haired, napped, friezed'; found in the phrase pannus villatus, 'friezed cloth', a Latin equivalent of English 'fryse clothe' (frieze), a coarse cloth with a thick nap.(circa 1440 ?)
1. Frysare, or he þat frysythe clothe [vr. he þat makyþ ffrysyd cloth]: Villator. Fryse or frysyd [vr. fresyd] clothe: Pannus villatus. Fryse clothe: Villo. Frysynge of clothe: Villatura
Gloss.
[MED PParv. ((Hrl 221) 179) 1440]
Sex: N/A Use: n/a Status: n/a Rank: n/a Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.
Etymological Evidence:
Definite, adjectival derivation from villus (q.v.) 'hair', as if from a (non-attested) verb *villare 'to make hairy, to frieze, to supply with a nap'. This word is not in The Revised Medieval Latin Word-List.
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