† muletn.

Forms: Middle English–1500s mulette, Middle English–1600s mulett, Middle English–1600s (1800s English regional) mulet, 1500s mewlette, 1500s moulet, 1500s moylet, 1500s moylett, 1600s mullet; Scottish pre-1700 molet, pre-1700 molete, pre-1700 mulat, pre-1700 mulate, pre-1700 mulet, pre-1700 mulette, pre-1700 mullat, pre-1700 mullet, pre-1700 mwlat.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mulet.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French, French mulet mule (c1100 in Old French, 1694 denoting a type of Portuguese ship; compare also Anglo-Norman mulete and Middle French mulette , feminine (both 15th cent.); see further etymological note s.v. mule n.¹) < mul mule n.¹ + -et -et suffix¹. Compare post-classical Latin muletus , mulettus (from the first half of the 14th cent. in British and continental sources; probably < French). Compare also muletto n.The use of French mulet in sense 3 is after Portuguese muleta (15th or 16th cent. in this sense). The word is attested from the early 13th cent. as a surname, as e.g. Ricardus Mulet (1205), Petrum Mulet (1233), though it is unclear whether these are to be interpreted as Middle English or Anglo-Norman.

Obsolete.

1. A mule, esp. a young or small one. In later use English regional.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > [noun] > hybrid horse and ass > mule > young > young or small

muletc1330

c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) 1330 (MED) Comeþ Gij soft rideing Opon a mulet [v.r. litell mule] ambling.

1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) lxxvi. 122 Horses and mulettis.

1504 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1900) II. 468 Ane mulet giffin to the King.

1526 Eltham Ordinances in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 204 Keepers of carriage Moulets.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. lxiiij One of the Mulettes brake from her keper, and ouerthrewe the chestes.

1563 in Rental Bk. Cupar Angus (1879) II. 278 For furnesing of the quenis grace mwlatis.

1623 W. Lithgow Most Delectable Disc. Peregrination (new ed.) 172 A paire of Mulets, being tied to euery Coatch.

1637 Edinb. Test. LVIII. f. 88, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) Fowr vaggone meiris with ane mullet.

1686 Bp. G. Burnet Some Lett. conc. Switzerland iii. 163 A Mullets-load [in ed. 1 misprinted Mullets-lead] of Trunks, and Portmantles.

1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Mulet, a mule. Yorksh.

2. Probably: a muleteer. rare.

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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance by carrying > [noun] > conveyance by pack-animals > one who > muleteer

muleteer1538

muletc1575

arriero1763

mule skinner1870

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drabi1900

c1575 J. Hooker Life Sir P. Carew (1857) 7 There as a mulett to attend his master's mule.

3. A type of Portuguese sailing ship. rare.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels from specific country or region > [noun] > types of regional vessel > in Spain or Portugal

zabra1523

bean-cod1769

mulet1867

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 488 Mulet, a Portuguese craft, with three lateen sails.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	mulet
释义	† muletn. Forms: Middle English–1500s mulette, Middle English–1600s mulett, Middle English–1600s (1800s English regional) mulet, 1500s mewlette, 1500s moulet, 1500s moylet, 1500s moylett, 1600s mullet; Scottish pre-1700 molet, pre-1700 molete, pre-1700 mulat, pre-1700 mulate, pre-1700 mulet, pre-1700 mulette, pre-1700 mullat, pre-1700 mullet, pre-1700 mwlat. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mulet. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French, French mulet mule (c1100 in Old French, 1694 denoting a type of Portuguese ship; compare also Anglo-Norman mulete and Middle French mulette , feminine (both 15th cent.); see further etymological note s.v. mule n.¹) < mul mule n.¹ + -et -et suffix¹. Compare post-classical Latin muletus , mulettus (from the first half of the 14th cent. in British and continental sources; probably < French). Compare also muletto n.The use of French mulet in sense 3 is after Portuguese muleta (15th or 16th cent. in this sense). The word is attested from the early 13th cent. as a surname, as e.g. Ricardus Mulet (1205), Petrum Mulet (1233), though it is unclear whether these are to be interpreted as Middle English or Anglo-Norman. Obsolete. 1. A mule, esp. a young or small one. In later use English regional. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > [noun] > hybrid horse and ass > mule > young > young or small muletc1330 c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) 1330 (MED) Comeþ Gij soft rideing Opon a mulet [v.r. litell mule] ambling. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) lxxvi. 122 Horses and mulettis. 1504 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1900) II. 468 Ane mulet giffin to the King. 1526 Eltham Ordinances in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 204 Keepers of carriage Moulets. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. lxiiij One of the Mulettes brake from her keper, and ouerthrewe the chestes. 1563 in Rental Bk. Cupar Angus (1879) II. 278 For furnesing of the quenis grace mwlatis. 1623 W. Lithgow Most Delectable Disc. Peregrination (new ed.) 172 A paire of Mulets, being tied to euery Coatch. 1637 Edinb. Test. LVIII. f. 88, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) Fowr vaggone meiris with ane mullet. 1686 Bp. G. Burnet Some Lett. conc. Switzerland iii. 163 A Mullets-load [in ed. 1 misprinted Mullets-lead] of Trunks, and Portmantles. 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Mulet, a mule. Yorksh. 2. Probably: a muleteer. rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance by carrying > [noun] > conveyance by pack-animals > one who > muleteer muleteer1538 muletc1575 arriero1763 mule skinner1870 skinner1870 drabi1900 c1575 J. Hooker Life Sir P. Carew (1857) 7 There as a mulett to attend his master's mule. 3. A type of Portuguese sailing ship. rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels from specific country or region > [noun] > types of regional vessel > in Spain or Portugal zabra1523 bean-cod1769 mulet1867 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 488 Mulet, a Portuguese craft, with three lateen sails. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1330
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