virgulare

virgulare [CL virgula+-are; cf. CL virgulatus] 1 to furnish with interlaced twigs or branches, wattle. 1487 J. firmarius ‥ domos manerii ‥ stramine coopertas ut in cooperturis necnon muros terreos earundem ‥ reparabit, ~abit, et sustentabit (Pipe Wint.) Crawley 467; 1507 laborario conducto ad daubandum et ~andum Ac. Chamb. Winchester. 2 (p. ppl. as adj.) that has bars or bands of colour, streaked, striped. [urina] in prima parte tenuior videtur et clarior quam altera, quasi quibusdam virgulis extensis, quam alii ‘fenestratam’ dicunt, nonnulli ‘perforatam’, alii ‘~atam’ appellant Gilb. VI 239. 1; antrax est apostema ‥ ex sanguine, colera, et melancolia adustis generatum, unde ~atam habet formam Gad. 127. 1; faciet ‥ pannum ~atum sive burellum prosterni sub pedibus regis Lib. Regal. f. 4b.

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