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brabant|brəˈbænt|
[f. the name of the Duchy of Brabant. As applied to a coin, the word is a mistranslation of a passage in Hemingburgh (see first quot.), where Brabantium is not a n., but an adj. agreeing with scaldingorum.]
A term recently applied (in error) to a base coin of Flemish manufacture circulated in England in the 13th c.
[c1350W. Hemingburgh Chron. (ed. Hamilton) II. 187 Mercatores enim alienigenæ introduxerant in Angliam monetas..pessimi metalli, pollardorum, crocardorum, scaldingorum Brabantium, aquilarum..et aliorum diversorum nominum.] 1840R. Ruding Ann. Coinage I. 201 These coins were..distinguished by the names of pollards, crocards, scaldings, brabants, eagles. 1866Rogers Agric. & Prices I. 178 Scaldings, Brabants, Eagles. |