teler2 (s.xiii1/4)

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teler2 (s.xiii1/4)

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  FEW:  telum 13/i,166a Gdf:  telier 7,662b GdfC: TL: DEAF:  oile (*)  DMF:  telier 2  TLF: OED:  tiller n.2  MED:  teler n.1  DMLBS:  telarius (telarium) 3382b
teiler,  tiller  

The Latin word, as a neuter noun, was used for ‘a weaver’s beam’, and hence, through association, for the stock of a crossbow or similar weapon.

s.

1weaponstiller, grooved wooden beam of a crossbow where the arrow is placed, stock
( s.xiii1/4; MS: s.xiiiex ) Justice de cel descent ke rens ne esparnie, Le teler di l’arblaste a dreit ad seisie, E Pes la sete descoche, tut en haut la guie  969
(1361) .xxiiij. arc pur arblastes de corn saunz teilers  120
(1415) Item, un paire trestell, pris .iij. d. Item, .iiij. tillers pur crossebowes, pris .xvj. d.  99
teile#1  teler#1  telere#1 
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