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scamel (s.xiii1)
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The form chamelle is a cross reference to the following entry:

scamel (s.xiii1)

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chamel,  chamelle;  scamele;  schamele;  shamel  
  FEW:  scamellum 11,274b Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: ∅ DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  shamble n.1  MED:  shamel n.  DMLBS:  scamillum 2952a / shamella 3062b

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1 stool, bench: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  scamnum: scamele  TLL ii 106.172
( MS: s.xiii1 )  scabellum: (D) chamel (var. (R: s.xiii1) asçamayl)  Gloss Nequam1 243.64
2 merch. shamble, meat-stall: 
( 1372 )  le dit duc ad doné et grantez as dites Symond et Alice [...] un toft et un shamel [...] en la ville de Blaneford  GAUNT1 i 5
( s.xv1/4 )  [...] que nully du dit artifice desormes ne tuera ascunes maneres des bestes nuytaundre en les shamels mais tutdis en jours naturelles  YMB i 83
( 1462-63 )  Firme (=lease) des shoppes et chamelles .xxiiij. li.  Leicester ii 273

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eschamel 
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