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eschamel (s.xii1)
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The form eschinel is a cross reference to the following entry:

eschamel (s.xii1)

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escamel;  escamil;  eçchamel;  eçsamele;  asçamail  (eschaniel (l. eschamel)  246.24,  eschinel)  
  FEW:  scamellum 11,274b Gdf:  eschamel 1 3,362b GdfC: ∅ TL: eschamel 3,836 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  escamel  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED:  shamel n.  DMLBS:  scamillum 2952a

s.

stool: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  aurez l’eschamel des piez de lui (Latin: scabellum pedum ejus)  180.XCVIII.6
( 1165-80?; MS: s.xiiiin )  Asis esteient dui e dui En eschamels  221.28
( c.1185 )  Enmi cel aire l’unt asise, Tut par sei a un escamel  4839
( MS: s.xiii1 )  scabellum: (J) escamel (var. (R: s.xiii1) asçamayl; (D: s.xiii1) chamel)  243.64
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  (if the bottom of the ladder breaks) si en face eschamel el liu de l’eschalun depescié  i 34
( MS: c.1250 )  scabellum: escamel  i 413
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 )  Eschamel (M.E. Stole), chaier (M.E. chayre) de fow  504
♦footstool, movable hand-trestle: 
( c.1245; MS: c.1255 )  A uns eschameus feitiz K’il teneit cuntre sun piz Se trait li povre frarin (=a cripple)  943
mestre eschamel
royal seat (in hall): 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Unc ainceis ne fina tresqu’al mestre eschamel U seeit rei Hunlaf  2072

See also:

scamel 
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