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adubement (c.1170)
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adubement (c.1170)

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adubbement,  adobement  
  FEW:  dubban 15/ii,77b Gdf:  adoubement 1,110a GdfC: ∅ TL: adobement 1,146 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  adoubement  TLF:  adoubement  OED:  adubment n.  MED:  adubbement n.  DMLBS: ∅

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1knightly equipment: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Si fusse chevaler e usse adobement Encuntr’eus defendreie […]  Horn 1379
2embellishment, ornament: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Adubbement nul ne mist En parole que il deist  S Clem ANTS 973
♦pej.deceptive arrangement, false show: 
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  oil pot estre deceu par adubement u par fantasme  Joshua Sermons ii 19
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