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chalon (1150-70)
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chalon (1150-70)

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calun;  chaloun,  chaulun,  chalun  
  FEW:  Châlons 2/i,620a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  chalon  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  chalon n.  / shalloon n.1  MED:  chaloun n.  DMLBS:  chalo 322c / chalonicus 322c

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1textiletoponymshalloon, woolen cloth first produced in Châlons-sur-Marne (now Châlons-en-Champagne), coarse cloth, frieze: 
( c.1275; MS: c.1275 )  nul de la cité ne doit fere uverer bureaus ne chaluns dehors les murs de la cité  Winchester2 28.10
( 1272-90 )  lez uvere les buraus de la vile […] devoit rendre […] chescun ustil des granz chalons .xij. deners e des petiz .vj. deners  TNA SC 8/149/7429
♦domesticblanket, bedspread or hanging made of this material: 
( 1189 ) Pannos pictos, qui vocantur chaluns  MED chaloun n.
( MS: s.xiii )  tapete: chaloun  TLL ii 120.64
( MS: s.xiiiex )  thoral: chalun  TLL ii 57.88
( c.1300; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  Ne toylle ne nape ne cotelet, Ne chaloun ne lyncel  S Paul 277
♦equit.saddle-blanket made of this material: 
( 1150-70; MS: s.xiii1 )  Al lever que fait des chalons […] Estuet li sa quisse aovrir  Trist thomas2 1150
2litter, sedan (?): 
( MS: s.xii/xiii )  lectica: pro cheere a dame, chalun  TLL ii 87.64
chalon duble
textileshalloon cloth with pile on both sides: 
( MS: s.xiiiex )  amphitapis: (C) doubles chalouns  TLL ii 41.81
chalon raié
textilestriped cloth (from Rheims), covering: 
( MS: s.xiiiex )  stragulum: chalun rayé  TLL ii 57.92
chalon de Reins
textiletoponymstriped cloth (from Rheims), covering: 
( MS: s.xiii )  stragulata: raé, chalun de Reins  TLL ii 91.64
chalon simple
textileshalloon cloth with pile on one side only: 
( MS: s.xiiiex )  siplis: (C) de simple[e]s chalouns  TLL ii 41.81

See also:

chalit 
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