1lawto hamble, cut out ball of paw (of dogs, in order to render them unfit for hunting):
(
c.1136-37;
MS: s.xiiex
)
Pur les forez le rei garder Les
(=dogs) faseit l’um espeleter
6230
(
MS: s.xiii2
)
mutilo: aspeuter, hamely hundes
ii 25
(
1389
)
ne tiegne null leverer [...] s’il ne soit lié ou trahé, feusté ou qu’il soit espelotté
iii 273
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