biteshipe

English

Noun

biteshipe (plural biteshipes)

1. (obsolete, derogatory) Alternative spelling of bitesheep
   • 1578 December 15, A. Dolm, [A Letter]; republished in “Diarium Secundum”, in The First and Second Diaries of the English College, Douay‎^[1], London: David Nutt, 1878, Februarius 1579, page 149:

     One Tippet a younge man sumtyme student of Doway was apprehended here in this cytye and brought before the biteshipe of London and M^r Recorder, where he was straytly examined in matters of consciens; to the w^ch directly he awnswered as a good Christian Catholike, and through Gods grace cowlde not bee perverted.