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‖ chantepleure Obs.
[Fr.; f. chanter to sing + pleurer to weep. The word has several senses in mod.F., e.g. ‘weep-hole’, ‘flood-opening’ in a wall, etc., which have not entered into English.]
1. Name of a French poem of the 13th c. addressed to those who sing (chanter) in this world and shall weep (pleurer) in the next (Godef.): hence used of a mixture or alternation of joy and sorrow.
c1374Chaucer Anel. & Arc. 320, I fare as doþe þe songe of Chaunte pleure For nowe I pleyne and now I playe. 1430Lydg. Chron. Troy ii. xi, Conformyng them to the chante plure Now to synge and sodaynely to wepe. c1430― Bochas i. viii. (1544) 11 a, Like unto the chauntepleure: Ginning with ioy, ending in wretchednesse.
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1714Fr. Bk. of Rates 38 Chante Pleures, or Woodden Gods, 02 00 per 100 Weight. |