1 gen 1555 anni - skein
Descrizione:
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).Aggiunto al nastro di tempo:
Data:
1 gen 1555 anni
Adesso
~ 470 years ago