gires1 (1420-21)
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gires1 (1420-21)

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[vcd]

[ FEW: ∅; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: ∅; TL: ∅; DEAF: ∅; DMF: ∅; TLF: ∅; OED:  jeer n.1; MED:  gire n.; DMLBS: ∅ ]
gyres,  gyrez  
ls(loanword: M.E. (?))
le

s._pl.

1ship.implementjeer (tackle for hoisting and lowering the lower yards): 
( 1420-21 )  Shoueles .vj. scopes .ij. pulleys enen pro lez gires  iii 48
( 1441-42 )  De pulleys eneis pro lez gyres .ij.  iii 48
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