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brochiare

brochiare [OF brochier; cf. broccare] , a to stretch (cloth) on tenterhooks. b to stake (a length of paling). a 1255 contra consuetudinem gilde ~iavit super tentorium duo russeta Rec. Leic. I 72; 1262 emit pannum siccum ~iatum ab uno textore Ib. 96.  b 1257 [debet] ~iare xvj pedes Cust. Suss I 34.

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