1mil.archit.fortified outer wall or outwork of a city, castle, etc.:
(
MS: s.xiiiex
) antemuralia: (C) barbekans, berfrays
(var.
(D: s.xiii/xiv) barbecans
)
ii 135.49
(
c.1316
)
abatirent les dites mesones [...] et emporterent le merin pur faire berfrays et bretages en defense de la dite vile
114
2mil.weaponsmovable tower used as a siege engine, mantlet, penthouse:
(
1155;
MS: s.xiii4/4
)
Dunc firent arbelastiers traire, Berfreiz lever, perrieres faire
5532
(
s.xii3/4;
MS: s.xiv2
)
Ja n’avera dart tret ne gavelok lancez Ne perere levez ne berfrey drescez
6324
(
c.1316
)
l’assailerent [...] par berfrays et autres engines
114
(
MS: s.xiv
)
phala: gallice berfreye
ii 62
♦
mil.weapons
wooden siege engine used as a catapult:
(
MS: s.xiii
)
phalarice: (A) berfrai
(var. (C: s.xiiiex) de befreis; (D: s.xiii/xiv) berefrey; (L: s.xiiiex) beferez; (O: s.xii/xiii) berefreys; (T: s.xii/xiii) berfrés)
ii 43.83
(
MS: s.xiiiex
) fustibula: (C) befreys vel foundeles
(var.
(D: s.xiii/xiv) berfrays;
(D*: s.xiii/xiv) fundis
)
ii 135.49
♦
mil.weaponswooden siege engine used as a battering ram:
(
MS: s.xiii
)
arietes: engins, berefrés
ii 93.69
(
MS: s.xiii2
)
arietes: (C) berefreyz, gallice berfreyz
(var. (D: s.xiii/xiv) berfreyis; (L: s.xiii/xiv) befuers)
ii 71.69
3eccl.archit.belfrey, bell-tower:
(
1373-74
)
Primes, pur soner none en le belfray de Seint Poul [...]
160
(
1381-83
)
En primes, pur le sonour del grant sonel de Seint Poul et pur autres custages del berfray – .viij. s. ij d.
198
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