† curteln.
Obsolete.
1. = kirtle n.1
2. Used by Trevisa to translate Latin tunica, as a coat of an artery, and of the eye, and retained in this sense in the later versions of Bartholomew.
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curtel1398
pelliculea1400
coatc1400
pellicle?a1425
investment1646
tegument1646
cataphragm1656
integument1664
cortexa1676
vagina1683
vaginula1698
scabbard1753
sheath1805
calyx1851
ocrea1890
tunica adventitia1890
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Tollem. MS) iii. xvii Þe smale curtyles and humouris of þe ye.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum iv. vii Þe harde curtels of þe arteries.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xvii. lxxv It is defendid..as it were with many curtils and cotes [L. pluribus tuniculis].
1582 S. Batman Vppon Bartholome, De Proprietatibus Rerum v. iv. 38 The eye is made of tenne things. Of seauen smal curtils, and three humours.
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