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pliure (s.xiii1)
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pliure (s.xiii1)

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plere,  pleure  
  FEW:  plicare 9,69b Gdf:  ploieure 6,222a GdfC:  plieure 10,357b TL: ploiëure 7,1166 DEAF:  ploiier (pliure)  DMF:  ploiure  TLF:  pliure  OED:  plicatura  MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

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1pleat, fold: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  tricaturas: pliures  TLL ii 98
( MS: s.xiii1 )  birri tricas: (J) pliures as planier, aplaisse del gerun (var. (R: s.xiii1) geruns)  Gloss Nequam1 244
♦anat.fold, bend (of the arm): 
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Li mires desuz la plere del braz mete une esplente [...] qu'il nel peust plaier  A-N Med i 74
2folder, envelope, covering: 
( MS: s.xii/xiii )  involucro: pliure  TLL ii 86

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See also:

pli  pliable  pliance  pliant  plier  pliter 
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