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tisserant (1271-72)

tisserant (1271-72)

teserant,  tesseraunt;  thisserant  (teytheran  Secr anon 12.98 ),
pl. teseranz,  tisserans  
  FEW:  texere 13/i,291b Gdf: GdfC:  tisserand 10,771c TL: tisserant 10,332 DEAF:  tistre (tisserant)  DMF:  tisserand  TLF:  tisserand  OED: MED: DMLBS:

s.

occupationtextileweaver, one who makes woven fabric on a loom
( 1298 ) plusours defautes ount esté trovez en draps qe privez et estraunges ount bailie as fullours, et as teynturers et as tesserauntz en Loundres  Lib Cust 129
( 1271-72; MS: s.xiii4/4 ) [...] ke om doit eslire nul ke soit del art de pescherie ne de oyselerie, ne thisserant, ne menestreus ke chauntent en estrument  vegetius1 9.6
( MS: 1272-82 ) pernez le liz (=thread) ki est as ustilz as teseranz aukes gros (var. (A: s.xiv1/3) le fil qui est al chief des dras as tisserans c’on apele pellesle fil qui est al chief des dras as tisserans c’on apele pelles;  (C: s.xiiiex) un fil [d]e lé ustilez auquees gros )  A-N Falconry 124
( 1449 ) faisours de draps, c’est assavoir, hommes tisserans, foullours et tincturiers, femmes pingneresses, cardoresses et fileresses  Stats ii 353

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See also:

texteresse  textour  textre  texture  tissue1  tissuere  tissure  tissuré  tistre1  tistresse  tistur 
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tisserant