| 释义 |
† kirk-ale Obs.
In 5 kirkehale, 6 kirkall.
= church-ale. (But in quot. 1470 (if not simply an error) app. used as = churching 1: cf. quots. 1568 s.v. church v. 1 b, 1297 s.v. church-gang.)
c1470Harding Chron. cxxii. iii, To light His Candill then,..at his kirkehale and puryficacion. c1570Durham Depos. (Surtees) 243 This examinate being at a kirkall at the said Anne father's house. |