quyrre
Appearance
Middle English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Anglo-Norman quiree (continental Old French cuiriee), from Late Latin *corāta, from cor (“heart”), with influence from Old French cuir (“skin”).
Alternative forms
[edit]- cure, curee, guyrrei, kyrre, quarre, quarrie, quary, querre, querrye, quirre, quyrrei, quyrrey, whirry
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /kwiˈreː/, /kwɛˈreː/
- (with stress retraction) IPA(key): /ˈkwireː/, /ˈkwɛreː/, (late) /ˈkwareː/
Noun
[edit]quyrre (uncountable)
- The entrails given to hunting dogs as a reward; the quarry.
- The giving of these entrails to hounds.
- The animals killed in a hunt or the place where they are found.
- (rare) The target given to a hawk by a falconer.
Descendants
[edit]- English: quarry
References
[edit]- “quirrẹ̄, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Old French cuirie, from cuir (“skin”).
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]quyrre (plural quyrres) (rare)
- a hide or leather
- blake of lyre Queyers a-namelynges
- a cuirass, leather armor
- with oute haberion or quyrre
References
[edit]- “quirrẹ̄, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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- Middle English terms derived from Late Latin
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- Middle English terms derived from Old French
- enm:Armor
- enm:Falconry
- enm:Hunting