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1eccl.monastictonsure, pratice of shaving (part of) the head as a religious practice for entering priesthood or a monastery:
(
1351-52
)
moignes et autres gentz de religion portantz tonsure et habit
Rot Parl1 ii 244
(
c.1366
)
Ne soit par eux ressu a nule degré de tonsure clericale saunz significacioun fet a l’ordiner
Affairs of Ireland 225
2textile(act of) shearing, removing the nap of wollen cloth:
(
1406
)
Item paié pur le tonsure de ditz draps
Grocers i 99
3curr.finan.(act of) clipping, fraudulently mutilating coins by paring the edges:
(
1309; MS: s.xvi2
)
Si ad le roy cel avant dit moné defait tout outre, et la Jeuwerie pleynement voydé qi de cel tonsure furunt forme[n]t encusez
Petit Bruit 10.22
(
1381-82
)
l'or est droit feble pour cause de tonsure
Rot Parl1 iii 126
(
MS: s.xv
)
le denier d'Engleterre round et sanz tonsure poisera .xxxij. greins de froument
Weights 7
tonsure de la moneie
curr.finan.act of) clipping, fraudulently mutilating coins by paring the edges:
(
1415-16
)
la tonsure, loture et fylynge de la moneie
Stats ii 217
(
1416
)
le tonsure, loture, fylinge, et autre fauxisne de vostre moneye, duissent estre adjuggez tresoun
Rot Parl1 iv 82
tonsure (1309)