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palé1 (c.1253)
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The form paulé is a cross reference to the following entry:

palé1 (c.1253)

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paillé,  palee,  palie,  pallé,  paulé,  paylé  (palod  Gloucester Inventory 292)  
  FEW:  palus 1 7,528a Gdf:  paler 1 (palé)  GdfC:  palé 10,260c TL: paler (palé) 7,101 DEAF:  pel#1 (*)  DMF:  palé 1  TLF:  pal (palé)  OED:  paled adj.2  / paly adj.1  MED:  palen v.2 (paled)  / pali adj.  DMLBS:  palare 2 (p.ppl.) 2083c

Though originally the past participle of paler1, this term evolved to have specialized adjectival senses and so has been given a separate entry.

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1textilestriped, with alternate colour bands: 
( 1397 )  .iiij. peces de costers [...] ovesqe bordurez de rouge et noir palez et poudrez de signes et les armes de Hereford  Gloucester Inventory 289
( 1410 )  motlés, paulés, chekerés, raiés, florés [...] et autres queconques mantelles  Rot Parl1 iii 637
( 1414 )  une paire de vestimentz de satyn bleu et noir palee et ribane d'ore entre les palez  Reg Chich ii 8
2herald.(of a field or charge) paly, divided into stripes: 
( c.1253; MS: 1586 )  Roger de Mortymer bende a chief palé a corneres geronné [d'or et d'azur] ové un escucheon [d'argent]  Glover/Cooke 121.32
( 1300; MS: s.xiv1 )  Guillemes de Grantson palee De argent et de asur, suralee  Eight Rolls 107.253
( s.xivm; MS: s.xivex )  Or vous dirray de .xij. escus des .ij. colours [...] chequeree, masclee, burlee, verree, palee [...]  Dean Tract 56
front palé
horseszool.(of horse) having a blaze or strip on the face: 
( c.1290; MS: s.xv1 )  Cheval veroun al front paillé (M.E. sterrid)  bibb MS (B) 111

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See also:

pal1  paleis1  paler1  paliser  palu1  paufis 
This is an AND2 Phase 4 (N-O/U-P-Q) entry. © 2013-17 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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