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† port-pain Obs.
Also 5–6 -payne, 7 -pane.
[a. obs. F. *porte-pain, lit. carry-bread: see porte- and pain n.2]
A cloth in which to carry bread to the table without touching it with the hands.
c1460J. Russell Bk. Nurture 262 To þe port-payne forthe ye passe, & þere viij. loues ye leese. 1519W. Horman Vulg. 164 Put thy loues in a portpayne. 1566Withals Dict. 44 A porte payne to beare bread fro the pantree to the table with, lintheum panarium. 1658Phillips, Port-pain (French), a kinde of Towel used at Court, wherein they carry their bread to serve for the Table. |