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† ˈshaltree Obs.
In 4 schaltrow, skaltre, skaltrow, pl. scaltreen, 5 scaltre, scalter, shaltre.
[Partial translation of MHG. schaltbaum (or MLG. schaldbôm) pole used as an oar or a rudder, f. schalten (MLG. schalden) to push, shove + baum (see beam n.); the Ger. word was also adopted in the 14th c. as scheltbeme sheltbeam. (Some of the spellings in the examples below may however represent G. schalter, used in the same sense.)]
A pole (? used for propelling vessels).
1307–8Acc. Exch. K.R. Bd. 14 No. 14 (P.R.O.), In .viij. paribus de schaltrowes emptis..pro dicta bargia. 1336in Nicolas Hist. Navy (1847) II. 472 [For 24 spars (‘spres’) bought to make 24] ‘skaltres’ [with]. 13..Domesday de Sippewyz in Black Bk. Admiralty (Rolls) II. 195 De chescune nefe ovesqes scaltreen qe vyent a la vyle [transl. (15th c.) Of eche ship with scaltreen that comyn to the toun]. 1419Liber Albus iii. iii. (Rolls) 344 Item, de navi cum shaltre, quantum dabit. |