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perchee (s.xii3/4)
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perchee (s.xii3/4)

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parché,  perché,  perchet, 
(pl. percheietz  Northumb 198)  
  FEW:  pertica 8,280b Gdf:  perchiee 6,94a GdfC: ∅ TL: perchet 7,715 / perchiee 7,716 DEAF:  perchiee  / perchot  DMF:  perchée  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  pertica 2242c

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lengthunitperch, measure of length, especially for land of roughly five metres: 
( 1300 )  la perchee de .xvj. pés e demi de home  King’s Bench iii 101
( 1303 )  vint quatre perchees en longur e cink piés en latez  YBB 30-31 Ed I 327
( 1333 )  en longour .xviij. perchetz et en leour .vj. perchetz  Northumb 197
( s.xiv3/4; MS: s.xivex )  Une acre de terre contient atant De fyne a fyne perchez 40 Et de travers [...] Contient l'acre fors 4 perches  Algorism 294, 296
♦lengthunitperch-length, the distance of a perch, roughly five meters: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  E font i barbecans e barres cloufichees, Puis livererent as princes les places par perchees  Rom Chev ANTS 2874
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Ainz qu'il amont se dresça, Trente perchees en avala  Gui War 12354

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perche2 
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