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chat2 (c.1165)

[ FEW: 2/i,515a cattus; Gdf: 2,88c chat; GdfC: 9,59b chat; TL: 2,312 chat; DEAF:  chat 1; DMF:  chat; TLF:  chat; OED:  cat n.1; MED:  cat n.; DMLBS: 302b cattus ]
cheat;  cat,  kat; 
n.sg. chaz, 
f. chate; 
pl. chatez,  chatz,  scat  ii 91  

s.

1mammalszool.cat, Felis catus
( c.1165; MS: s.xii4/4 )  U cat nen a, suriz i revelent  7.112
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiii3/3 )  De esmerelun preng le levre, De hobel li kat e le bevre  514
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1 )  hic murelegus vel catus: chat  78
( MS: s.xiv1/3 )  L’en ne deyt pas achater chat en saac  219.15
mammalszool.wild cat, Felis silvestris
( 1302 )  que chescun fraunche homme puis coure prendre […] gopil, chate et tession  iii 44
2 mil. movable penthouse used by besiegers to shelter while filling in a ditch or operating a battering-ram
( 1194-99; MS: s.xiii2 )  En cel yvern firent chastels E pierieres e mangoniels E chatz e truies e cercleies, Ou laborouent toteveies  3198
( 1381 )  .x. carpenters fesantz un chat pur abatre mures de chasteux, lieux, et forteresses  iv 131
3 name (used as a surname)
( 1167 )  Robert le Cat  Catt
( 1203 )  Adam le Chat  Catt
( 1332 )  John le Cat  Catt
chat privé
1mammalszool.domestic cat
( MS: c.1325 )  E si vous ne avez nowel (='nul') chat savage, pernez un chat privé  149.668
chat salvage
1mammalszool.feral cat
( MS: c.1325 )  Pernez un chat savage et le fettus etscorchier  149.668
four de chat
1skinsmarten fur
( 1436 )  j. four de cat  92
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