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bolt (1337-39)

bolt (1337-39)

bolte  
[ FEW:  bolt; Gdf: ; GdfC: ; TL: ; DEAF:  bolte; DMF: ; TLF: ; OED:  bolt n.1; MED:  bolt n.; DMLBS: 205c bolta ]
ls(loanword: M.E. )
le

s.

1build.bolt (for fastening or joining parts)
( 1337-39 )  .xij. clavis emptis vocatis boltes pro leringskarues pro le mast  Sandahl Sea i 77
( 1377-82 )  un bolt de feer  TNA E101/547/21/7
( 1415-16 ) Item pur carpenters [...] de faire le hurdeis par le haut rue et de supporter lez maisons ové boltes et claves - .v. s. .iiij. d.  Mch Tayl Accs2 296 (3 Henry V)
( 1416 )  Item demandé pur [...] le forsure del drawbrege ové merym et .iiij. gros boltz de ferre  Rochester 110
2mil.weapons(crossbow) bolt
( 1388 )  que nul fleccher de yceste citee [...] ne mettera ascunes setes, boltis, n’autres lours darrés pur (l. par) avaunt pur monstrer ne vender ascune dymenche  YMB i 111
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