tondure (c.1200)
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tondure (c.1200)

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[FEW: 13/ii,26a tondere; Gdf: 7,741c tondeure /7,444a tonture; GdfC: ∅; TL: 10,784 tonture; DEAF:  tondre (tonture); DMF:  tondure / tonture; TLF:  tonture 1; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅]
tondeoure;  tundure,  tunture,  condeoure (l. tondeoure)  

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1livestocksheep-shearing: 
( c.1200; MS: c.1220-40 )  Absolon tint feste a la tundure De ses berbiz  (E) 10408
( s.xiv1; MS: s.xivm )  Jude mounta as tondures de ses berbitz  279.XXXVIII.12
♦livestocktimesheep-shearing season: 
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Ceo fu custume entre Jueus cel hure Tenir grant feste quant vint a la tondure  (B) 8112
2cosmet.haircut: 
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Absolon out estrange chevelure, Il est merveille a dire de sa tondure  (B) 10518
( c.1200; MS: c.1220-40 )  L’um lui =Absolon tundi par art e par engin his hair, Par tant vint la tundure tart a fin  (E) 10522
♦eccl.monastictonsure, pratice of shaving (part of) the head as a religious practice for entering priesthood or a monastery: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xivin )  Li clerc dait tundre ses chevouls [...] Si lui somount [ja] la tunture K’il sait en touz poinz de mesure  649
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xivin )  Aprés ceo de voz oevres de condeoures (l. tondeoures) (Latin: tonsura)  12.9
3textile(act of) shearing, removing the nap of wollen cloth: 
( 1345 )  pur tondure .ij. s. .vj.d.  25
( 1398-99 )  item, paié pur tondure del livree del mistere contre Paske .xxxj. s. .xj. d.  138
( 1404 )  Item paiez pur tondure de mesme le drap  96
retondure  tondre#1  tonderesse  tonderier  tondeson  tondour 
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