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lachettum

lachettum [OF, ME lachet, lacet < CL laqueus] 1 strip or loop of cord as tie or fastener. Cf. 2 lacia 1. 1290 pro xxv duodenis boton’ deaur’ et lachett’ empt’ ad copas clausas et mant’ trium filiarum regis Chanc. Misc. (TR Bk) 4/5 f. 3; 1290 pro reparacione robarum ‥ cum serico, filo, ~is, candel’ et aliis necessariis Ib. (Ib.) f. 11d.. 2 strip of wood, lath. Cf. lata. 1303 in clavis ferr’ emptis ad eandem [sc. capellam] in j homine ponente lachett’ super capellam (Suff) MinAc 991/26 m. 2; 1304 in clavis ferreis emptis de Brod pro lachet’ tachiand’ super grangiam feni (Suff) Ib. 997/15 m. 1; 1304 lacchet’ (v. dressor b); 1313 in vj quere’ emptis pro lachett’ inde faciendis, xxiiij s., in mmmdccc lachett’ inde faciendis, ix s. vj d. (Essex) Ib. 843/4. 3 (of metal) strip as fastener, staple. cf. MED s. v. lachet. 1420 in ~is ferr’ emptis ad veterem carectam ij s. j d. (Ropley, Hants) Ac. Coll. Wint.; 1446 in x lachetis (v. gropa 1).

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