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polive (1353-54)

polive (1353-54)

polyve  
  FEW:  polidion *9,125b Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF: DMF: TLF: OED:  pulley n.1 (polive)  MED: DMLBS:  poliva 2333b

The same lexeme has alternatively been interpreted as poline (with a common palaeographical ambiguity of ‘v’ versus ‘n’; cf. OED pulley n.1), and some dictionaries group it as a variant spelling of pulein1 (e.g. MED polein(e n.1). Despite their very different etymologies, both words, polive and polein, were used to refer to similar hoisting instruments.

s.

implementpulley, winch, mechanical device consisting of a wheel or axle with a cable or rope passing round it, used for raising or lowering weights
( 1360-62 )  Un mattok [...] .ij. fernes, .ij. polives d'aresme, .j. beesme de feer pur belaunces  TNA E101/472/8
( 1414 )  Item pur cordis al femorelle - .vj. d. Item pur .ij. polyves al mesme .iij. d.  Mch Tayl Accs1 2 Henry V
ship.implementpulley for hoisting or hauling ropes
( 1353-54 )  Un rak ové l’apparail .ij. polyves ové .ij. rouls  Sandahl Sea ii 12
( 1409-11 )  un bowespret ové .ij. polyves  Sandahl Sea ii 100

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See also:

polankre  poleige  poletwyn  polir2  polivestokke  pollance  pulein1 
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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