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faucher (c.1290)
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faucher (c.1290)

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fauchier,  fauger,  fauker  (faulcher,  fauncher  Nov Narr 202)  
  FEW:  *falcare 3,377b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  fauchier 9,604a TL: fauchier 1 3,1644 DEAF:  fauchier 1 F164 DMF:  faucher  TLF:  faucher  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  falcare 1 897a

v.trans.

agriculturalto mow, cut, scythe: 
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 )  De faus fauchez un andenne de pré  BIBB ROTH (G) 328
( MS: c.1310 )  la ou il soleit fauncher cel pree par an deus foithe par encheson de cel molin ne le put il faucher qe un foith par an  Nov Narr 202
( 1314 )  Ceo est pree qe deit estre fauché devaunt la gule de auste  YBB Ed II xvi 152
( 1364-65; MS: s.xivin )  que une enclose [...] soie cotefié et semé par quei vesture des bletz y soiount syez ou faulchez ou aultrement herbe cruwe illeqes soie syé ou faulché  Newnham 78

sbst. inf.

agriculturalmowing, cutting, scything: 
( 1308-09 )  au temps de faucher  YBB Ed II i 129
( 1340 )  Dower de siers, fauchiers, batre de bledz  YBB 14 Ed III 239

See also:

defauché  fauchable  fauchour  fauchant  fauchard  faux1 
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