1enclosure, enclosed field:
(
1286
)
la banere
(as a boundary marker) assise par les avauntditz dozze
(twelve people instructed to determine the boundaries of a piece of land) a deus perches dehor le clos Hugg’ Malerbe
340
(
MS: s.xiii/xiv
)
pergulo: (L) closse
(var. (C: xiii2) parrok; (D: xiii/xiv) enclos)
ii 69
(
1359
)
en lour chymyn abatre arbres pur la dit myne pursure, ou entrer en gardeyns, ou en closes simples, que ne sont pas enhabités
iii 462
(
1379
)
ové la graunge quele Robert Dyksoun teneit ensemblement ovesqe le clos appellé Raygilpark
WD/D/MD 58
(
1381
)
une clos appellé Baillaye
ii 317
(
1459-60
)
pro factura 2 clourez
(l. clousez?) in le orchard
88
2courtyard, enclosed area adjacent to or part of a building:
(
c.1165;
MS: s.xiii2
)
Il ne la
(his wife) guardat mie a gas: En un vergier, suz le dongun, La out un clos tut envirun; De vert marbre fu li muralz, Mult par esteit espés e halz!
12.218
(
s.xiiiin;
MS: s.xiii2/4
)
E si ai dedenz mun clos Un curtil grant
(Latin: est et hortus intra domum), bon a cel oes
5052
(
1327
)
e nul hostel ne teignent par eux, mes soient a la table de fraunk homme de la cité et dedeinz son clos
129
(
c.1200;
MS: s.xiii3/4
)
Chambres ele aveit a son os e solers Dedenz son clos ou il soleit reposer
(B) 15621
♦
closed building, space (used for confinement):
(
1275
)
les face chacier a chastel [...] e ileokes dedenz le clos del chastel [...] les deteigne encontre gage e plegge
i 31
(
MS: c.1335
)
Quar molt estoit estreitement La dame close e enmuree. Mesone ne clos ne ount duree Vers femme, quar son engyn pase Tot ce q’autre engyn compasse
iii 152.14
♦
(cathedral or monastery) close:
(
1334
)
sa Eglise et ses autres mesouns esteient arsez, les mures de piere environ lour clos de l’Hospital abatuz a terre, en tens de l’arson del suburbe de Dyvelyn
ii 393
(
c.1350;
MS: c.1350
)
nul home n’entre de la part de[s] noneyns ou soers pur manger dedeyns le clos
98
(
1373
)
le manoir deinz le clos de l’esglise cathedrale d’Exestre
i 130
♦
fig.precinct, close:
(
1212;
MS: 1212-13
)
tant com il dedenz le clos Del quer se gardot en repos […]
4359
(
c.1230;
MS: 1275-85
)
Quant li vent est en lur
(= clouds') clos, Cum ren muvable n’unt repos
1717
3lands, entirety of enclosed land held by an individual (not always easily distinguished from sense of an individual enclosed field):
(
1317
)
le tenaunt de terres (var. cloz) qe furent en la seisine le garrauntur
Ed II xxii 78
(
1375
)
un close ové les appurtenantz en Prestoun appellé Croklandes
WD/D/MD 17
4lawletter close, closed letter delivered by or on behalf of the King:
(
1313-14
)
s’il fut variance entre le patent et le clos jeo abatereri
[
sic] le bref
Ed II viii 63
5shell (of snail):
(
s.xivin;
MS: s.xivm
)
retrehent
(= snails) lur corns e se closent dedenz lur clos
143
6conclusion, end:
(
c.1185;
MS: s.xiiim
)
ci est tut Le clos de cest turneement
6192
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