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† ˈhurdis, ˈhurdice Obs.
Also 4–5 -ys(e, 5 -as, -ace, -eys, -yce, -esse, 5 hourdeys; (4 hardes).
[ME. hurdis, etc., a. OF. hourdeis, -is, earlier hordeis, -is, mod.F. hourdis (med.L. hurdicium, hordecium Du Cange):—L. type *hurdātīcium, f. OF. hurder, horder, hourder (late L. hurdāre), f. OF. hurt, hourt, hourd palisade, a. OHG. hurt (pl. hurdî), Ger. hürde hurdle, cogn. w. ON. hurð, Goth. haurds door: see next.]
A palisade, orig. of hurdles or wicker-work.
13..Coer de L. 3969 The Sarezynes, armyd, forth lepe Upon the walles the toun to kepe, Stout in touret, and in hurdys [rime vys]. Ibid. 6127 Her houses brende and her hurdys: Gret smok ther aros, I wis. a1352Minot Poems (ed. Hall) x. 14 Þaire hurdis, þaire ankers, hanged þai on here. c1400Melayne 1600 A nobill hurdas ther was graythede. 1412–20Lydg. Chron. Troy ii. xviii, They..Sette their bastyles and their hurdeys eke, Rounde about to the harde wall. 1447O. Bokenham Seyntys (Roxb.) 169 Thai lyin in ful sympyl hurdeys And lykly for to be deed for cold. 1489Caxton Faytes of A. ii. xiv. 118 They made hourdeys or obstacles full thykke of thornes.
Hence † ˈhurdised (hurdeysed) ppl. a., palisaded.
c1450Merlin 604 With-ynne the bailie were v. toures..the fifthe was gret and high, and well hurdeysed a-boute with-ynne and with-oute. |