jan 1, 1555 - skein
Description:
A rare usage of this word, with an obscure meaning. In 1555 Sir Edmund Mauleverer sold ‘three parcels of wood <i>as by the skeyne apperithe</i> … within a portion of ground called the Park in Ingleby Arncliffe (YRS63/58). It may be a reference to how the woods had been measured since a skein was a certain quantity of thread on a reel (OED).Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1555
Now
~ 470 years ago