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charue (1155)
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The form carwure is a cross reference to the following entry:

charue (1155)

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carrue,  carruwe,  carue,  caruwe;  charreue,  charrue,  charu,  charuwe;  karue  (carwure,  charure  BIBB owen (O) 338vb)  
  FEW:  carruca 2/i,424b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  charue 9,55a TL: charrue 2,289 DEAF:  charrue  DMF:  charrue  TLF:  charrue  OED:  carue n.  MED: ∅ DMLBS:  carruca 289b

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1agriculturalimplementplough: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiiex )  Mortalité fud grant de gent Par air corrumpu e par vent; Es meisuns, es champs e es rues E as marchiez e as charues [...] mureient  Brut WACE 14678
( 1160-74; MS: s.xvii )  A Longueville avoit un villain paissant Qui avoit sez beaux beuff et sa charue arant  Rom de Rou wace i 56.1237
( MS: c.1250 )  hoc aratrum: charue  TLL i 422
( c.1290; MS: s.xv1 )  A la charue (M.E. plogh) avez vous […] le chief (M.E. hede) et le penoun (M.E. foote of the plogh)  bibb MS (O) 338vb
♦agriculturalimplementshare-beam: 
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  dentale: (L) carwure, anglice gyp (var. (C: s.xiii2) gyp; (D: s.xiii/xiv) chippe)  TLL ii 77
♦agriculturalplough-team: 
( 1260; MS: s.xivin )  et presterent (=took) un cheval hors de sa charue  Brev Plac 113
( c.1270; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  Le baillif […] deit veer ke lez charues seyent matin joynz  HENLEY2 268.c18
( 1297 )  e achatez quatre boefs pur nos charuwes afforcer del maner  Westm Wenlok 89
2cart: 
( 1388 )  par lez services d’arrere .ij. foitz en temps de yvere […] et deux foitz de carier a la charue (var. ové le carecte)  YBB 12 Rich II 87
avers, beofs, bestes de (la, sa etc.) charue
agriculturalplough-beasts: 
( 1292 )  la prise des avers de la charue  YBB 20-21 Ed I 135
( MS: c.1305 )  ly destreint par les bestes de sa charue  Nov Narr 5
chaceur des carues
occupationagriculturalploughman: 
( 1350-51 )  chescun charetter, carues, chaceur des carues  Stats i 311 i
estre a la charue
agriculturalto be ploughing: 
( 1402 )  un W. […] venoit a dit J.B. ou il fuist al charu en mesme la ville  King’s Bench vii 127
mettre main a la charue
fig.to put one’s hand to the plough, undertake a task: 
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  ki met mein a la charue E reremein returne la veue, Celi n’est pas covenable  Lum Lais ANTS 8353
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