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tornicius

tornicius [CL tornus+-icius; cf. AN turneiz, torneiz], (of mechanism) that operates by means of a windlass or sim., hoisting-. b (pons ~ius) drawbridge. 1263 mandamus ‥ quod ingenium turneicium quod vocatur la truye ‥ in custodia vestra in turri ‥ liberetis ‥ carpentario nostro ad meremium ‥ domorum nostrarum Westmonasterii inde levandum Cl 219; injuste capiebant consuetudines extra portam P. super pontem, desicut ‥ nichil juris deberent habere ultra portam ~esiam Leg. Ant. Lond. 40; 1279 in meremio empto ad duas portas turnicias ex utraque parte barbicane (Works) KR Ac 467/7 (4) m. 2.  b 1214 cursum aque que decendit a fontibus ad pontem R. et ad pontem torneic' RChart 196b; 1220 sub britaschia illa est unus pons turnicius Deeds Newcastle 64 (v. bretescha); 1231 [custos maris] fecit pontem ~eicium ut naves ibi facilius aplicarent CurR XIV 1518; 1266 in reparacione ‥ pontis ~icei (Inverie, Knoydart) ExchScot 18; 1271 in ponte turnicio ‥ de novo planchando, cum iij cordis ad pontes turnicios tractandos emptis MinAc 1087/6 r. 5d.; ad majorem securitatem traxerunt pontem ~eicium ne ipsi intrassent civitatem Leg. Ant. Lond. 90; 1290 in ‥ ponte ~icio emendando Ac. Swinfield 56; 1335 ultra pontem †turnicem magne turri orientali [? l. turris orientalis] extra muros castri Reg. Kilmainham 68.

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