| 释义 |
† russwale Obs.
Forms: 4 russhewale, 4–5 russe-, 5 rusewale.
[Ultimately ad. Icel. hrosshvalr ‘horse-whale’: see walrus.]
Walrus hide.
1336in Nicolas Hist. Royal Navy (1847) II. 471 Cords of russhewale [with] schivis and trussis. Ibid., Russewale, shives [and] polives. 1485Naval Accs. Hen. VII (1896) 38 Stroppes of Russewale, ij. 1486Ibid. 45 Stroppes of Rusewale, ij. |