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† chaisel, cheisil Obs.
[a. OF. cheisīl, chesil, var. of cheincil, chensil, chansilh, cainsil:—late L. camisīle, -is (8th c. in Du Cange), f. camisia: see chemise.]
1. A fine linen (sometimes identified with byss or byssus). Often used attrib.
c1205Lay. 23761 Warp he an his rugge ænne cheisil scurte [c 1275 ane cheiselne seorte] & ænne pallene curtel. c1275Passion 509 in O.E. Misc. 51 Ioseph nom vre Louerd a-dun of þe rode And wond him on o cheysil cloþ. c1300K. Alis. 279 Theo lady lyght on hire bedde..Yn a chaisel smok scheo lay. c1300–20Joachim & Anne in Leg. Cathol. (1840) 152 Of flex, of silk, of cheisel, Of porpre & of palle.
2. Applied to various things made of this fabric, as a chemise, smock, shirt, veil, etc.
c1320Seuyn Sag. (W.) 1814 Sche hadde on a pilche of pris, And a chaisel theron, I wis. |