eschapement (c.1170)
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eschapement (c.1170)

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  FEW:  *excappare 3,269a Gdf:  eschapement 3,366b GdfC:  eschapement 9,511a TL: eschapement 3,844 DEAF:  eschaper (eschapement)  DMF:  échappement  TLF:  échappement  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  escapiamentum 801b
echapement  

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1 escape, flight, getting away: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiim )  Rodmund ad mult ben veu [...] K’est asis tutes parz, k’il n’a eschapement  (O) 4737
( 1165-80?; MS: s.xiiiin )  E Deu nus doinst eschapement Del horrible, enfernel turment  292.61
♦escape, prison-break: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  Utleph: echapement de prisum  i 55
eschamp  eschampie  eschap  eschaper 
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