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tinellus

1 tinellus [AN tinel], pole used to carry a tub between two or more carriers, ‘cowl-staff’ (cf. tinarium). c1182 si ibi plures [cotmanni] fuerint, cum cupa et ~o debent braciare cum visu episcopi (Hanbury) RB Worc. 187; 1219 S. B. occidit Ricardum ‥ quodam ~o Eyre Yorks 268; 1256 G. percussit eum quodam tynello in fronte ita quod statim obiit AssizeR Northumb 94; 1270 cuva apreciatur ij d., ~us apreciatur ad obolum (Beds) SelCCoron 15; 1275 percussit dictum Robertum cum uno baculo viz. ~o ad portand' oler' (Beds) RCoron 3 m. 10; 1285 ipsum percussit cum uno ~o de arable Hund. Highworth 298; 1305 [A. W. ‥ struck the King's Beam ‥ thrice with a large cowlstaff] ~o Cal. Mayor's CourtR Lond. 226.
2 tinellus v. tonellus

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