frenus

1 frenus v. frenum

2 frenus, ~a [AN frene, OF fresne < fraxinus] , ash: a (tree); b (wood). a c1245 confirmavi ‥ tres saylones jacentes inter magnam ~am et Eme Cros Cart. Sallay 456; c1323 fecit vastum ‥ in boscis ‥ de lxvj arboribus quercuum et ~orum IMisc 92/8; 1401 usque at quatuor frenes que sunt ad capud de Clapedale Couch. Furness I 201.  b 1311 [4 cart-axles of ash] de ~o Fabr. Exon. 53; 1320 in ix palis de ~o emptis pro fausetis et levours inde faciendis xviij d. KR Ac 482/1 m. 4.