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[saileyerd] (1373)
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[saileyerd] (1373)

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saileȝerd,  sailyerd,  sailȝerd;  seilȝerde,  seylyerde  
  FEW: ∅ Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: ∅ DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  sailyard n.  MED:  seil(e-yerd(e n.  DMLBS: ∅
ls(loanword: M.E. )
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s.

ship.sailyard, one of the crosswise spars on which the sails are attached to a ship's mast: 
( 1373 )  un seylyerde pour le barge  Sandahl Sea ii 21
( 1378 )  le dit Johan Sonday trovera tote manere de merisme mesnue et graunt ové totes maneres tables et pych, cheveux pur la sondure ensemblement ovesqe une mast, un seil, un seilʒerde [...]  Sandahl Sea i 103
( 1409-11 )  un sailyerd, un bowespret, un topchastiell qui fuist pertenant a la nief appellé le Holk  Sandahl Sea ii 109

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See also:

saile1  sailingcloth  sailingware  sailler1 
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