† fostaln.

Forms: late Middle English ffostall, late Middle English 1600s fostal.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: footstall n.

Etymology: Variant of footstall n., showing simplification of the medial consonant cluster.

Obsolete. rare.

A footprint or track, esp. the track of a hare. Cf. footstall n. 1.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Lepus (hares) > lepus europaeus (hare) > track or trail of

footstallc1475

fostal?c1475

fare?1610

society > communication > indication > marking > a mark > trace or vestige > [noun] > left by the passage of something > of a person or animal > of a rabbit or hare

prickinga1425

footstallc1475

fostal?c1475

prick1598

fare?1610

?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 50^v A ffostall, vestigium.

1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. e viii^v When he [sc. a hare] rennyth in the way dry or weete Then men may fynde fostalx of clees or of feete [c1475 Rawl. Poet. 143 fote stalles of þe clees of hire fete].

1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Fostal, the pricking or footsteps of a hare. [Also in later dictionaries]

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	fostal
释义	† fostaln. Forms: late Middle English ffostall, late Middle English 1600s fostal. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: footstall n. Etymology: Variant of footstall n., showing simplification of the medial consonant cluster. Obsolete. rare. A footprint or track, esp. the track of a hare. Cf. footstall n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Lepus (hares) > lepus europaeus (hare) > track or trail of footstallc1475 fostal?c1475 fare?1610 society > communication > indication > marking > a mark > trace or vestige > [noun] > left by the passage of something > of a person or animal > of a rabbit or hare prickinga1425 footstallc1475 fostal?c1475 prick1598 fare?1610 ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 50^v A ffostall, vestigium. 1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. e viii^v When he [sc. a hare] rennyth in the way dry or weete Then men may fynde fostalx of clees or of feete [c1475 Rawl. Poet. 143 fote stalles of þe clees of hire fete]. 1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Fostal, the pricking or footsteps of a hare. [Also in later dictionaries] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.?c1475
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