ceynt
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Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]ceynt
- a girdle
- 1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “Here Bygynneth the Book of the Tales of Caunt́burẏ”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 6, recto:
- […] Girt with a ceynt of sylk […]
- […] girt with a belt of silk […]