calefurcium

calefurcium [? cf. Fr. califourchon] , sort of gallows. Cf. galefurca. 1316 in ~iis novis faciendis pro latronibus suspendendis (MinAc) Cart. Glam. (ed. 1885 only) I 237; 1367 abbas de Bruera levavit ~ia in campo de Lech’ Turville, ubi ~ia nunquam antea visa fuerunt CoramR 431 rex r. 39 (cf. Tout Essays 336); ~um, A. galwes WW; a galowe, furca, ‥ furcilles [v. l. calofurca] CathA.