jan 1, 1533 - scatch
Description:
The two contexts in which this word has been noted suggest that it may have referred to scaffold poles, and that the ‘bridges’ were the platform for the workmen. 1420 <i>William of Alne … sall fynde the brygges, the scaches, nayles and all the tymbre that sall ga un to the gutter </i>(SS85/15); 1533 <i>for v bordes to the guttors, iiijd. Item for wood to make scatchys and bryges iijd</i>, York (CCW157).Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1533
Now
~ 492 years ago