jan 1, 1562 - bale

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A place where lead is smelted. 1527 <i>suche leede ure as is or shalbe</i> ... <i>delyverde to theme unto ther baill hyllis</i>, Bishopside (YRS140/194); 1542 <i>paid to Robert Elles for carriage of xxij peces leade from his baill hill to Borowbrige</i> (SS42/402); <i>c</i>.1562 <i>Hathe sene the ... owners of the manors of Marrigge cutt downe, carrye away and burne at their leade bales suche wodde as grewe apon the saide ij parcells of grounde</i>, Marrick (YAJ6/282). The usage is indicated in early Latin texts: 1223 <i>ad bailliam minerie de comitatu Cumberlande</i> (R&J55); 1446-58 <i>et petit pro factura sufflatorij </i>[bellows]<i> pro le Bales iijs iiijd</i>, Fountains Abbey (SS130/206). The origin may be linked with bale in the sense of ‘a blazing pile, a bonfire’ (OED).

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