jan 1, 1700 - gyle-fat

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A vessel used in brewing: the vat in which the wort is left to ferment. 1341 <i>Duas parvas cunas</i> [sic] <i>quæ vocantur gylefatts</i>, York (SS4/2); 1405 ‘putting 4 great hoops around <i>le Gilefat</i>’, Selby (SAR135); 1481 <i>3 worteledes, 1 maskefat, 1 gilefat, 1 stepefat</i>, Thornhill (Clay21); 1529 <i>selle theyre newe ayle furth of the gylffat</i>, York (YRS106/127); 1559 <i>one maskefat, one gylefat, a leade,</i> Pontefract (Th27/292); 1611 <i>one bruinge panne, two tubs & a gilefatt,</i> Cottingley (LRS1/9); 1700 <i>Naomi Robinson, alehouse-keeper was upp with her Gile fatt till two a clock in the morning,</i> Wakefield (QS4/19). Note: 1676 <i>1 guilefat, 3s; 2 runlits, 3s; 1 maskfat, 2s 6d</i>, Barley (YRS47/74).

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