herdle (1347-50)
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herdle (1347-50)

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[ FEW: ∅; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: ∅; TL: ∅; DEAF: H390 herdle; DMF: ∅; TLF: ∅; OED:  hurdle n.; MED:  hirdel n.; DMLBS: ∅ ]
herdele;  hurdle,  hirdil  i 142, 
pl. hirdelis  
ls(loanword: M.E. )
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1build.archit.hurdle: 
( 1370 )  Witthes et hurdles et toute manere choses q’apartient a masonrie  444
( 1406-07 )  Pur lowaunce de hirdelis .j. d.  8 Henry IV
♦ship.wooden bulwark or other structure on a ship to protect the crew in battle: 
( 1347-50 )  un cent de herdles pur murer lez ditz deux escomers  iii 145
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