enchace1 (s.xii3/4)
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enchace1 (s.xii3/4)

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  FEW:  *captiare *2/i,323a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  chacier 1 (*)  DMF:  enchasse  TLF: ∅ OED:  enchase n.  MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
enchase;  enchaz  

Though etymologically unrelated, the word appears to have functioned interchangeably with enchauz.

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1chase, pursuit: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Meint bel turnoiement ot illuec es praieries, E les enchaz mult feres e dures envaies  2891
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xivin )  tuz ses prisuner Qu’il out pris le jur devant A l’enchaz  288
♦lawven.right to hunt: 
( 1293 )  le pere le feffour fut seysy de la chase kaunt yl morut [...] e puys S. entra le maner cum fyz e heyr, e voleyt aver enchase  21-22 Ed I 131
2livestockdriving of cattle: 
( 1346 )  jugement si de cel enchace tort countre la pees en nostre persone puissetz attacher  20 i Ed III 85
chace#1  enchacement  enchacer  enchacerie 
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