† lineseatn.
Obsolete.
The stool on which women sit while spinning.
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lineseatc1440
walland1802
clasp1839
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 305/2 Lyncet, a werkynge stole.
1465 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 484 Item, to Cumberton fore a lynset the same day, viij.d.
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