liminare

1 liminare [LL as sb. < CL liminaris] , lintel, doorway. neglecta via recta ‥ ~ia suffodit J. Sal. Pol. 784C; hoc ~e, linter Gl. AN Glasg. f. 20vb; dominum prediorum super ~ibus affixi proloquuntur tituli V. Edm. Rich P 1777B; 1310 Willelmo Gentilman et filio suo per xv dies pro reparacione liminar’ bracine, vj s. viij d. ‥ emp’ pro liminar’ bracine et coquine et fenestr’ scaccarii iij s. iiij d. Ac. Durh. 7.

2 liminare [ME limnen, liminen < luminare] , to illuminate (a manuscript). 1433 lego portiforium meum antiqum [sic] solempne notatum et singulariter ~atum Reg. Cant. II 486; 1445 in ~ando bene et fideliter libros suos MunAcOx 551.

3 liminare v. limonaris