shittim, wood of the shittah-tree, acacia wood:
(
s.xii3/4;
MS: s.xiv2
)
(of a barrel:) De sechim
(l. sethim?) sunt les duves
(=staves), d'yvoyre ly dusil
(=tap)
Rom Chev ANTS 4373
(
c.1192;
MS: c.1275
)
D’un fust sunt fet mult precius: Cethym
(ms. Eethym) (var. (D: b.1294) Cechim) illuec l’apelum nus
Pr Jean3 133.Y654