† cremiln.
Obsolete.
A word used in connection with certain textile fabrics; often applied attributively to their borders; ‘meaning, apparently, open work or lace, or perhaps a fringe’ (W. H. Stevenson, in Nottingham Borough Records II. Gloss. s.v.).
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > ornamental trimmings > [noun] > bordering or edging > other
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miling1434
surfle?1533
scallop1603
broad-lace1846
beading1900
1393 Will of Kent (Somerset Ho.) Flameolum de Cremyle.
1408 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1883) II. 52 Pro ij plyces de coton cremyll, ijs. vjd.
1428 Will of Agnes Lyte (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/3) f. 99 v Flameolum vocatum crymell.
1448 Will of Agnes Stapilton (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/3) f. 280 j crymyll kyrchief.
1483 Act 1 Rich. III c. 8 §18 The making of any Cloths called Florences, with Cremil Lists.
1511–12 Act 3 Hen. VIII c. 6 §3 Wollen clothes called Bastardes made with cremyll Lystes.
1885 H. A. Dillon Fairholt's Costume in Eng. (ed. 3) II. (Gloss.) Cremyll, cotton open work, or lace.]
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
† cremilv.
Obsolete.
transitive. ? To plait, to crimp.
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the world > space > relative position > folding or folded condition > fold [verb (transitive)] > arrange in folds or pleat
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pinchc1387
pleatc1390
plaitc1400
plighta1425
ridelc1450
pranka1529
plat?1533
surfle1573
quill1607
twill1847
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xv. 223 Ac in riche robes rathest he walketh, Ycalled and ycrimiled [v.r. i-crymeled, y-crymyled, ycrymaylid, crymailed] and his crowne shaue.
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