jan 1, 1570 - meatboard

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In this early usage ‘meat’ was food, and the meat-board was a dining table, probably boards supported on trestles. <i> c </i>.1413 <i> et en un metborde de longure dun waynscotte </i>, York (SS120/149); 1432 <i> Item to Alice Page j met bord with j pare trysts </i>, Scarborough (SS30/22); 1533 <i> three meate burdys, and a dische burd </i>, Pannal (SS104/30); 1570 <i> One table one little meat bourd </i>, Hutton Conyers (SS26/229).

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