1 gen 1687 anni - broken

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In a rare use of this word an article was described as ‘broken’ when it was in its constituent parts and not damaged. It referred therefore to carts that were taken to pieces and stored under cover through the winter. 1554 <i>one helme, a carte broken there</i>, Brantingham (Kaner50); 1687 <i>2 pair of wheeles & 4 pair of wheeles broken</i>, Kettlewell (GRYD159). The clothier’s tenter frames could also be taken to pieces: 1686 <i>one tenter wood as the same is broken and ready for setting up</i>, Huddersfield (BIA). This example is from the will of Richard Williamson, preserved in the Vacancy Register (YRS89/164): he farmed the tolls of the town’s market and in his widow’s will is a reference in 1696 to <i>Boards and Broaken Wood </i>and<i> Certaine Loose Stalls </i>(BIA).

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