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† ˈcablish Obs.
[prob. a. Anglo-Fr. *cablis = F. chablis, OF. chaablis, med.L. cablicium, pl. cablicia, in the Forest Laws, in same sense; of doubtful derivation: see Littré; but app. related to OF. chaable, and thus with L. *catabola, see cable, and cf. Littré chablis and Du Cange cabulus.]
Strictly, trees blown down, or branches blown off by the wind, but explained by the legal antiquaries of the 16th c. as = brushwood.
1594R. Crompton Jurisdict. 196 Cablicia is properly brushwood. T. claimed the drie woods & cablish in his owne woods. 1664Spelman, Cablicia, Cablish... Angl. Brushwood. Rectiùs..Windfalls. 1688R. Holme Armoury iii. 75/2 Cablish is all sorts of Brushwood. 1852Smith Eng. & Fr. Dict., Cablish..bois chablis, broussailles. |