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chauce1 (1155)
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chauce1 (1155)

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calche,  cauce,  cauche,  causche;  chalce,  chauche,  chause  (chace  Proth ANTS 7674,  chaunce  YMB i 251 ),
pl. chaus,  chaux,  chauz  (caws,  chaustez  Test Ebor i 200)  
  FEW:  calceus 2/i,70b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  chalce 9,27a TL: chauce 2,317 DEAF:  chauce  DMF:  chausse  TLF:  chausses  OED:  chausses n.  MED: ∅ DMLBS:  calceus 242c

s.

1costume(pair of) hose, leggings, tights: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Chauces ot de samit, taillees a quarters  Rom Chev ANTS 540
( MS: c.1250 )  Hec caliga: cauche  TLL i 416
( 1308-09 )  .vj. peirs de soudlers […] .iiij. peirs de chaux (var. chaus)  YBB Ed II ii 79
( 1321 )  draz, chauces et soulers  YBB Ed II xxvi 352
( 1364-72 )  trois pairs de chauz et sis pairs de soulers  TNA E101/395/2/242
♦stocking (used as a strainer): 
( MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Et puis batre et mettre en une chauche quant le miel sera quit et […] puis coler […]  Pop Med 335.22
2armourcostumemil.greave, armour for the leg: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: c.1300 )  Une chauses lassa […] aprés ad un hauberk en son dos endosez  Boeve 532
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiiim )  La genoillere od tote la chalce Fist loinz voler en la place  Gui War 8695
( MS: s.xiii )  caligo: chauce  TLL i 147
3costumefootwearboot, shoe: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  en lur chauces cultels portassent, Tels ki de ambes parz trenchassent  Brut WACE 7233
( MS: s.xiii1 )  calceis: (D) chaucez (var. (R: s.xiii1) de soudlers; (J: s.xiii1) soulers)  Gloss Nequam1 241
( MS: s.xiiiex ) calce: (C) chauz (var. (D: s.xiii/xiv) cauce;  (D*: s.xiii/xiv) caws )  TLL ii 144.79
4 name (used as a surname): 
( 1298 )  Adam Cauce  Family Names Cawse
chauce lacee
costumefootwearlaced shoe, boot: 
( MS: s.xiii )  calceis laqueatis: chauces lacees  TLL ii 119.63
chauce de fer
armourcostumemil.greave, armour for the leg: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Chauces avra de fer ke toli a un jaan  Horn 1419
( c.1185 )  Calces de fer ad  Proth ANTS 4581
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Unes chauces de fer ad chaucees  Gui War 3859
( MS: c.1250 )  Hec ocrea: cauche de fer  TLL i 413
aver le coer en la chauce
fig.to be a coward: 
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim )  Il n’out pas le quer en la chauce  Ipom BFR 8528

See also:

chaucer1  chaucete  chauceus 
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