cambre1 (c.1290)
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cambre1 (c.1290)

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[ FEW: 2/i,210a cannabis; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: 9,41a chanvre; TL: 2,233 chanvre; DEAF: ∅; DMF:  chanvre; TLF:  chanvre; OED: ∅; MED:  cambre n.; DMLBS: 248b cambra ]
caumbre,  caumbry;  chambre;  kaumbre,  kaunbre  

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1hemp: 
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 )  Car de lyn averez les bucheaus (M.E. filax bolles) E de caumbre les cordeaus  418
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  canabium: (D) cambre  ii 55
2linen, cambric: 
( c.1305; MS: c.1330 )  Mostrent les covrechief de seye e de kaunbre  262
( 1322-23 )  pur iiij clewes et vj. skeynes de fil decambre.  675
chanvre 
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