† posteln.¹

Forms: Middle English postel, Middle English postle, Middle English (1500s Scottish) postell, 1600s postill.

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

Etymology: < Old French, Middle French postel post (a1181; French poteau ) < post post n.¹ + -el -el suffix². Compare post-classical Latin postellus post, small post (from 12th cent. in British sources), postella doorpost (a1201 in a British source).

Obsolete.

A pillar, a post; esp. a doorpost, a gatepost.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [noun] > opening which may be passed through > gate or gateway > side- or back-gate

postela1225

posternc1300

postern gatea1375

hinder gatec1400

back-gate1442

side gate1600

the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > gate > gate-post

postela1225

gate-cheek1513

gatepost1522

shaft1522

post1662

pier1665

impost1730

clapping-post1792

hanging-post1792

heel post1802

hanging-stile1823

stay1869

shutting posta1877

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of door > [noun] > door-post

postOE

postela1225

door-treec1300

durnc1325

puncheon1519

by-post1535

door-cheek1535

doorpost1535

side post1535

pier1665

impost1730

hanging-post1792

heel post1802

hanging-stile1823

door-jamb1836

shutting posta1877

hanging-head1888

a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 127 Þa postles and þet ouerslaht of ure huse.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) 660 Þa comen heo to þan bunnen þa Hercules makede..þat weoren postles [c1300 Otho postes] longe of marmon stane stronge.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 14980 Bunden..þis ass Þai fand bi a postel.

1423 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 163 (MED) Fyndynge þe same John Pekker..to the same werkes tweyne grete bemes bounden with iiij braces and iiij posteles.

a1450 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Cambr. Dd.1.17) (1869) B. xvi. 54 (MED) Postles [c1400 Laud So faire ȝe descryuen Þe powere of þis postes and her propre myȝte].

1595–6 in Sc. Hist. Rev. 10 303 Item ane capbuird wit dores, postell, bands and sneks.

a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1954) VII. 361 The blood of that Lamb is not sprinkled upon the Postills of that doore.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	postel
释义	† posteln.¹ Forms: Middle English postel, Middle English postle, Middle English (1500s Scottish) postell, 1600s postill. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French postel. Etymology: < Old French, Middle French postel post (a1181; French poteau ) < post post n.¹ + -el -el suffix². Compare post-classical Latin postellus post, small post (from 12th cent. in British sources), postella doorpost (a1201 in a British source). Obsolete. A pillar, a post; esp. a doorpost, a gatepost. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [noun] > opening which may be passed through > gate or gateway > side- or back-gate postela1225 posternc1300 postern gatea1375 hinder gatec1400 back-gate1442 side gate1600 the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > gate > gate-post postela1225 gate-cheek1513 gatepost1522 shaft1522 post1662 pier1665 impost1730 clapping-post1792 hanging-post1792 heel post1802 hanging-stile1823 stay1869 shutting posta1877 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of door > [noun] > door-post postOE postela1225 door-treec1300 durnc1325 puncheon1519 by-post1535 door-cheek1535 doorpost1535 side post1535 pier1665 impost1730 hanging-post1792 heel post1802 hanging-stile1823 door-jamb1836 shutting posta1877 hanging-head1888 a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 127 Þa postles and þet ouerslaht of ure huse. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) 660 Þa comen heo to þan bunnen þa Hercules makede..þat weoren postles [c1300 Otho postes] longe of marmon stane stronge. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 14980 Bunden..þis ass Þai fand bi a postel. 1423 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 163 (MED) Fyndynge þe same John Pekker..to the same werkes tweyne grete bemes bounden with iiij braces and iiij posteles. a1450 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Cambr. Dd.1.17) (1869) B. xvi. 54 (MED) Postles [c1400 Laud So faire ȝe descryuen Þe powere of þis postes and her propre myȝte]. 1595–6 in Sc. Hist. Rev. 10 303 Item ane capbuird wit dores, postell, bands and sneks. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1954) VII. 361 The blood of that Lamb is not sprinkled upon the Postills of that doore. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † posteln.² Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French posterle. Etymology: < Old French posterle (see postern n.). Obsolete. rare. A postern, a small gate. ΚΠ a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 7675 Bot micol vte bi night him lete, Vte at a priue, dern postel [a1400 Gött. & a1400 Trin. Cambr. posterne]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < n.¹a1225n.²a1400
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