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cintra

cintra, ~ia, ~us, cintor [cf. Fr. cintre] , centering, frame for arches (arch.). constructum fuerat altare, cui testudo supereminebat ‥; cui ‥ suppositas presbyter ‥ cum clerico suo ~as amovit W. Cant. Mir. Thom. VI 49; 1221 carpentario ‥ pro ~is et templis faciendis Ac. Build. Hen. III 30; 1227 pro ccc bordis de fagina ad cyntros Ib. 78; 1258 in cc clavis emptis ad ~os faciendos Ib. 164; 1264 in uno quarteron’ bordorum empto ad ~os faciendos KR Ac 491/14; 1279 ad scaffot’ ad ~es sustinend’ Ib. 467/7(4) r. 2; 1280 pro meremio ‥ pro factura †cintarum MinAc W. Wales I 12; s1282 sic renovavit sanctus antiqua sua miracula in ~iis arcualis operis Lanercost 109; 1290 in ij chyntr’ faciendis KR Ac 479/15 r. 2 (cf. ib. r. 3: in stipendiis ij secatorum secancium postes, trabes, planchis’, chymbetr’ et alia necessaria); 1295 in ‥ clavis emptis ad †cytros Ib. 459/16 r. 5; 1297 in bordis ad ~as cum clavis emptis Ac. Cornw I 64; 1335 in xxxij bordis salic’ emptis pro cyntrys ad novam cameram Sacr. Ely II 67; 1413 ad faciendum synctorem pro magna fenestra deponenda Rect. Adderbury 8; 1435 viginti octo plankis, sex sintreis vitri ExchScot 619.

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