tassare

tassare [tassus+-are] 1 to stack, make a rick of, heap (harvested crop). preterea arare, serere, metere, fenum falce succidere, et sepe reversum colligere atque taxare Rob. Bridl. Dial. 154; 1222 dominus poterit capere pro manibus opus in autumpno ad tascandum dum carriat bladum Med. E. Anglia 261; c1250 debent ‥ in autumpno colligere et in horrea reponere et ~are Reg. S. Aug. 26; c1300 ~ent bladum in grangia et accingent in campis DCCant. Register/J p. 45; 1346 custumariis falcantibus et ~antibus pratum domini viiij d. ex consuetudine Rec. Elton 327; 1392 ad dictum fenum levandum et thassandum Cart. Boarstall 538; schokkyn shevys or odyr lyk, †casso [l. tasso] PP; 1577 totam herbam ‥ falcabunt, spergent, et ~abunt ac in fenum facient Pat 1162 m. 1. 2 (p. ppl. as sb.) stack, mow, rick. 1388 fuerunt ibidem facti ‥ xxxvj ~ati feni in pratis domini ‥ et xxj tass’ IMisc 240/15.