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eschele2 (c.1136-37)
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eschele2 (c.1136-37)

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echel;  escheile,  eschel,  eschiele,  eschile  (achele)  
  FEW:  *skara 17,95b Gdf:  eschiele 1 3,387c GdfC: ∅ TL: eschiele 2 3,893 DEAF:  eschiele 2  DMF:  eschelle 2  TLF: ∅ OED:  eschele n.  MED:  eschele n.  DMLBS: ∅

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1implementwedge: 
( MS: s.xiv )  cuneis: par echels, weg  TLL ii 154
2mil.battalion, body of troops (in close battle formation): 
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  En l’eschele [ke] devant [vint] Lançad le gaveloc qu’il tint  GAIMAR1 2795
( 1190-1210; MS: c.1300 )  De combatre dunc s’apresterent E lur eschieles diviserent  Waldef BB 11190
( 1271-72; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Icés cinc compaignies sunt ordineez en la premere eschele  vegetius2 41.1
( MS: s.xiii2 )  acies: (C) la eschele (var. (L: s.xiii/xiv) escheles)  TLL ii 71
eschele devant
mil.vanguard: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Li fiz Gudreche sunt en l’eschiele devant  Horn 3274
faire eschele
mil. to form a battalion, line up in battle formation: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Senz faire eschele e senz conrei Al chastel vindrent a desrei, De tutes pars l'unt assailli  Brut WACE 8743
mettre en eschele
mil.to line up as a battalion, in battle formation: 
( c.1335; MS: s.xivm )  arraierent et mistrent en eschele lour petites gentz  Anon Chr2 166
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