trace3 (s.xiii2)

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trace3 (s.xiii2)

[gdw]

[FEW: ; Gdf: ; GdfC: ; TL: ; DEAF: ; DMF: ; TLF: ; OED:  trace n.2; MED:  trais n.; DMLBS: ]
traice,  trayce,  trays  

For this particular sense, the plural form of trait1 seems to have lexicalized as a separate noun, both in Anglo-Norman and English.

s.

1 agriculturaltraces, pair of ropes, chains or straps by which a harnessed draught animal pulls its load
( MS: s.xiii2 ) iuxta restim: (C) corde, trays  ii 74.155
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 ) Li traices ad la bracerole Ki les lymons enbrace e cole  885
( 1330-31 ) cordes e traytes (l. trayces) de charett  99.129
( c.1305; MS: c.1330 ) Le char e les chivals ové tut lor atyl Ja sont aparaylés tut a purfyl. Mettez donke les trez de kaumbre (var. (O: s.xivm) traice de quir ) ou de fyl  371 (var.)
( 1405-06 ) 20 s. rec’ pro lez tracez del char  ii 400
( 1453-54 ) pro .ij. par[bus] del trace, .j. kipstryng  i 147
tracer#2  trait#1 
This is an AND2 Phase 6 (T-Z) entry. © 2022-25 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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