cowl-staffcoul-staffn.

Forms: α. Middle English cuuel-staf, 1500s–1600s coule-, cowle, 1500s– coul-, cowl-staff. β. Middle English–1700s cole-, 1500s–1600s coal-, coole-, 1600s col-, coll-staff. γ. 1500s–1800s colt-staff.

Etymology: < cuvel(e, cowl n.² + staff n.¹, in description of its primary use, that of carrying a ‘cowl’. Partly through phonetic contraction, and partly by ‘popular etymology’, it came afterwards to be associated with cole , coal n., and colt n.¹; but as a current word it is still generally associated with cowl n.²

a. A stout stick used to carry a ‘cowl’, being thrust through the two handles of it; a pole or staff used to carry burdens, supported on the shoulders of two bearers; a ‘stang’. It was formerly a familiar household requisite, and a ready weapon. archaic and dialect. †to ride on a cowl-staff, etc.: to be set astride a pole and carried in derision about the streets; a rough form of popular punishment, inflicted esp. on a husband who allowed himself to be beaten or abused by his wife. See J. Brand Pop. Antiq. (1870) II. Nuptial Usages §35.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > parts of tools generally > [noun] > handle > detachable

cowl-staffa1325

sastangea1400

cowl-treec1450

tool-holder1877

society > authority > punishment > public or popular punishments > [verb (intransitive)] > be carried on log

to ride on a cowl-staff1580

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3710 Ðes .xii. ðider hem hauen brogt..An win-grape on an cuuel-staf, And tolden hem ðe lond is god.

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 62/2 One clustre of grapes as moche as two men myght bere bytwene them upon a colestaff.

1530 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 92 [They] stroke..Wells on the brest w^t y^e end of a grett cowle staff.

1580 T. Lupton Siuqila 50 If a woman beat hir husbande, the man that dwelleth next unto hir shal ride on a cowlstaffe.

1592 Arden of Feversham v. i [We] haue taken the Constable..And carried him about the fields on a coltstaffe.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iii. iii. 140 Go, take vp these cloathes heere, quickly: Wher's the Cowle-staffe ?

a1642 J. Suckling Goblins iii. 35 in Fragmenta Aurea (1646) Mounting him upon a Cowle-staffe Which..He apprehended to be Pegasus.

1655 J. Howell 4th Vol. Familiar Lett. vii. 18 Ther are many that wear horns, and ride daily upon Coll-staves.

a1683 A. Sidney Disc. Govt. (1698) ii. §xxiv. 189 He resolved to follow the Crown, tho it were upon a Coalstaff.

1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 182 Two Men will easily carry it upon a Colt-Staff, or Hand-Barrow.

1777 tr. J. A. Comenius Orbis Sensualium Pictus (rev. ed.) 84 One can carry as much by thrusting a wheelbarrow, before him..as two can carry on a cole-staff.

1822 T. Webster Imison's Elem. Sci. & Art (new ed.) I. 30 When two draymen carry a barrel on a coulstaff, to which it is suspended by a chain.

†b. as an appliance in bone-setting. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > other surgical equipment > [noun] > instruments for correcting displacements

ambe1598

commander1676

cowl-staff1676

repositor1868

positor1890

1676 R. Wiseman Severall Chirurg. Treat. vii. v. 488 Instruments proper for the Reduction of the luxated shoulder are Ladder, Coulstaffe, Pulleys, Glossocomium, etc.

1683 J. Bramston Autobiogr. 297 A bone-setter..came..and tryed it with a coole-staff, which put my Son to extream torture.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	cowl-staff
释义	cowl-staffcoul-staffn. Forms: α. Middle English cuuel-staf, 1500s–1600s coule-, cowle, 1500s– coul-, cowl-staff. β. Middle English–1700s cole-, 1500s–1600s coal-, coole-, 1600s col-, coll-staff. γ. 1500s–1800s colt-staff. Etymology: < cuvel(e, cowl n.² + staff n.¹, in description of its primary use, that of carrying a ‘cowl’. Partly through phonetic contraction, and partly by ‘popular etymology’, it came afterwards to be associated with cole , coal n., and colt n.¹; but as a current word it is still generally associated with cowl n.² a. A stout stick used to carry a ‘cowl’, being thrust through the two handles of it; a pole or staff used to carry burdens, supported on the shoulders of two bearers; a ‘stang’. It was formerly a familiar household requisite, and a ready weapon. archaic and dialect. †to ride on a cowl-staff, etc.: to be set astride a pole and carried in derision about the streets; a rough form of popular punishment, inflicted esp. on a husband who allowed himself to be beaten or abused by his wife. See J. Brand Pop. Antiq. (1870) II. Nuptial Usages §35. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > parts of tools generally > [noun] > handle > detachable cowl-staffa1325 sastangea1400 cowl-treec1450 tool-holder1877 society > authority > punishment > public or popular punishments > [verb (intransitive)] > be carried on log to ride on a cowl-staff1580 a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3710 Ðes .xii. ðider hem hauen brogt..An win-grape on an cuuel-staf, And tolden hem ðe lond is god. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 62/2 One clustre of grapes as moche as two men myght bere bytwene them upon a colestaff. 1530 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 92 [They] stroke..Wells on the brest w^t y^e end of a grett cowle staff. 1580 T. Lupton Siuqila 50 If a woman beat hir husbande, the man that dwelleth next unto hir shal ride on a cowlstaffe. 1592 Arden of Feversham v. i [We] haue taken the Constable..And carried him about the fields on a coltstaffe. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iii. iii. 140 Go, take vp these cloathes heere, quickly: Wher's the Cowle-staffe ? View more context for this quotation a1642 J. Suckling Goblins iii. 35 in Fragmenta Aurea (1646) Mounting him upon a Cowle-staffe Which..He apprehended to be Pegasus. 1655 J. Howell 4th Vol. Familiar Lett. vii. 18 Ther are many that wear horns, and ride daily upon Coll-staves. a1683 A. Sidney Disc. Govt. (1698) ii. §xxiv. 189 He resolved to follow the Crown, tho it were upon a Coalstaff. 1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 182 Two Men will easily carry it upon a Colt-Staff, or Hand-Barrow. 1777 tr. J. A. Comenius Orbis Sensualium Pictus (rev. ed.) 84 One can carry as much by thrusting a wheelbarrow, before him..as two can carry on a cole-staff. 1822 T. Webster Imison's Elem. Sci. & Art (new ed.) I. 30 When two draymen carry a barrel on a coulstaff, to which it is suspended by a chain. †b. as an appliance in bone-setting. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > other surgical equipment > [noun] > instruments for correcting displacements ambe1598 commander1676 cowl-staff1676 repositor1868 positor1890 1676 R. Wiseman Severall Chirurg. Treat. vii. v. 488 Instruments proper for the Reduction of the luxated shoulder are Ladder, Coulstaffe, Pulleys, Glossocomium, etc. 1683 J. Bramston Autobiogr. 297 A bone-setter..came..and tryed it with a coole-staff, which put my Son to extream torture. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1325
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