chordula

chordula, ae, f. (Demin. v. chorda), der kleine Darm, Veget. mul. 1, 56, 17.

chordula (cor-) 1 string of mus. instrument (also fig.). historie cordula testis adest Neckam DS V 424; non vox set votum, non musica cordula set cor, / non clamans set amans, cantat in aure Dei Gower VC IV 509; ~a una facta de intestinis lupi adjuncta cum aliis ~is ovinis in cithara nunquam concordabit Upton 165; s1426 nunquid in concordi claustralium cithara aliqua fuerit lupina ~a que non convenit cum ceteris Amund. I 208. 2 bow-string; b (fig.). 1399 tot bowyers et stryngers quot pro factura arcuum nostrorum ‥ ac ~arum pro eisdem arcubus necessarii fuerint Pat 351 m. 7; 1420 j d. pro ~is arcus sui Reg. Heref. 89. b 1423 spero quod, hostili frustrato incursu, inflexam per eum infringi faciam ~am (Lit. Abb.) Amund. I 145. 3 (naut.) cord (of rigging etc.). 1297 in cordis et ~is que dicuntur lorwelines, twistlines, thurghlines, hanekes, lestropes, shetes, stekieres, wyniropes et aliis KR Ac 571/12; c1300 in tribus centenis canevacii et ~is pro velo, viz. wynies, loreglynes, twistlinen, thurglinen, forlokes et aliis Ib. 501/23 m. 2; a1460 si quis interfectus ‥ fuerit ‥ per aliquem apparatum vel attillionem ancorarum, cabulum, ~am ‥ BBAdm I 242. 4 cord or rope (for fastening, suspension etc.); b (for hunting); c (for ringing bell); d (for hanging criminal); e (worn as girdle by Templars); f (forming part of scourge); g (for operating weigh-beam); cf. chordare 1b; h (for attaching seal); i (fig.). 1288 captus pro ‥ consensu empcionis ~e per quam idem J. evasit extra turrim Gaol Del. 36/1 r. 11d.; unus serviencium trahet per longam †~um velum crucifixi Ord. Ebor. II 265; coord, rope, ~a PP; 1470 Thome K., roper, pro j petra et dim. canabi cum factura j ~e, xxj d.; pro j ~a pro fonte infra vestibulum empta, vj d; diversis ~is emptis pro les loverbandes, xij d. Fabr. York 73; 1485 in ~is emptis pro lanternis in claustro Comp. Swith. 385. b 1355 pro †rauecces[l. ranettes] et ~is pro eisdem Ac. Durh. 555. c 1413 pro tribus ~is emptis ad campanas pulsandas MonExon 280b. d 1261 W. le Neweman ‥ suspendio adjudicatus, a quo per rupturam ~e qua suspensus fuit vivus evasit Cl 425. e 1311 aliqui eorum caput ‥ idolorum cingebant seu tangebant ~is, quibus seipsos cingebant circa camisiam vel carnem (Artic. Templar. 14) Ann. Lond. 195. f s1349 (v. crux 8d). g 1380 pro j ~a empta pro trona, v d. ExchScot 48. h 1406 litteras ‥ pape ‥ cum ~a canapis ‥ solito more Romane curie sigillatas Melrose II 528; 1496 littera ‥ pape ‥ vera bulla plumbea cum ~a sericis filis ‥ pendente Ib. 593; 1537 litteras Clementis ‥ VII, unam viz. graciosam cum filis sericeis ‥, aliam vero executoriam cum ~is canapis more Romane curie impendentibus bullatas Form. S. Andr. II 76. i me piis meritis precumque cordula / ad celum trahite de carnis casula (Palpo 768) Ps.-Map 129. 5 (ornamental) cord, lace, ‘point’. s1406 quatuor capelli latissimi cum ~is mire et preciose artis de rubio serico, quorum uno utitur [papa] in capite Ad. Usk 101; c1520 birretis cum ~is ligatis Conc. Scot. I cclxxvii; enoda ~as [Eng.: untye thy poyntes] Stanbr. Vulg. 22; 1578 j unciam et dim. shordularum vocat’ cheyne lace ‥ ; xxxiiij virgas shordularum vocat’ poynting ryband ‥ ; xxxvj virgas shordularum vocat’ statute billament lace Gaol Del. 647 (ii) r. 171; 1587 xxx unceas ‥ ~e bissee et argentee mixte, A. vocate ‥ silke and silver lace Pat 1300 m. 12.

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