eschanteler (c.1185)
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eschanteler (c.1185)

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[ FEW: 2/i,230a canthus; Gdf: 3,365b eschanteler; GdfC: ∅; TL: 3,842 eschanteler; DEAF: ∅; DMF:  eschanteler; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅ ]
escanteler,  encanteler  

v.a.

1to shatter (the edge frame of a shield): 
( c.1185 )  En la pene le fert devant, Si que l’escu tut eschantele  7991
( s.xiii1/4; MS: s.xiiim )  Puis fiert un altre sur la targe novele, Tote li fent e fruisse e escantele  1830
cantel 
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