† lostelln.
Obsolete.
a lostell = Old French à l'ostel (see hostel n.1), ‘to your quarters!’, ‘disperse!’
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a lostell1548
1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. cxcvijv The kyng..caused the Heraldes to cry, a lostell, and euery man to departe.
1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words I Lostell, the cry of the heralds to the combatants that they should return home.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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