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adubement (c.1170)

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

adubbement, adobement

s.

1knightly equipment:

( c.1170; MS: s.xiii^ex ) Si fusse chevaler e usse adobement Encuntr’eus defendreie […] 1379

2embellishment, ornament:

( s.xiiiⁱⁿ; MS: s.xiii^2/4 ) Adubbement nul ne mist En parole que il deist 973

♦pej.deceptive arrangement, false show:

( s.xiii¹; MS: s.xiii^m ) oil pot estre deceu par adubement u par fantasme ii 19

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