pontellum

pontellum, ~us, poncellum [1 pons+-illum; cf. OF poncel] , little bridge. b (transf.) little bridge (between bowl and handle of a spoon). 1286 corpus defuncti inventum fuit in quodam hulmo ‥ inter ipsum pontem et ~tellum PQW 309b; c1293 fratres ‥ debent reparare duo ~tella apud D. MonA VI 755.  b 1390 de ‥ uno cocleari aureo cum j perle in ~cello Ac. Foreign 25G.