† meloten.

Forms: late Middle English melote, 1500s melotte.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French melote.

Etymology: < Middle French melote (13th cent. in Old French) < post-classical Latin melota , melote sheepskin or goatskin (Vetus Latina), especially as worn by a monk (late 4th cent. in this spec. sense) < Hellenistic Greek μηλωτή sheepskin < ancient Greek μῆλον sheep, goat (cognate with Irish míl (small) animal and Welsh mil animal, and with Dutch maal young cow; probably ultimately related to the Indo-European base of small adj.).

Obsolete.

A garment made of skins, characteristically worn by monks.

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a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) ii. f. clxxxxvi^v/2 He..asked of them where theyr melotes [Fr. melotes] were, that is to saye theyr habytes made of skynnes that they were wont to be clothed withall.

a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. xxxvi. f. xxxvii^v/2 Nexte his flesshe he ware the hayre, And ther vpon a vestement of hayre namyd Melote [Fr. melote].

a1529 J. Skelton Colyn Cloute (?1545) sig. C.v Some walke aboute in melottes [cf. Hebrews 11:37 circuierunt in melotis] In gray russet and heery cotes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	melote
释义	† meloten. Forms: late Middle English melote, 1500s melotte. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French melote. Etymology: < Middle French melote (13th cent. in Old French) < post-classical Latin melota , melote sheepskin or goatskin (Vetus Latina), especially as worn by a monk (late 4th cent. in this spec. sense) < Hellenistic Greek μηλωτή sheepskin < ancient Greek μῆλον sheep, goat (cognate with Irish míl (small) animal and Welsh mil animal, and with Dutch maal young cow; probably ultimately related to the Indo-European base of small adj.). Obsolete. A garment made of skins, characteristically worn by monks. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > monastic garb > items of attire > [noun] > melote melotea1492 a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) ii. f. clxxxxvi^v/2 He..asked of them where theyr melotes [Fr. melotes] were, that is to saye theyr habytes made of skynnes that they were wont to be clothed withall. a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. xxxvi. f. xxxvii^v/2 Nexte his flesshe he ware the hayre, And ther vpon a vestement of hayre namyd Melote [Fr. melote]. a1529 J. Skelton Colyn Cloute (?1545) sig. C.v Some walke aboute in melottes [cf. Hebrews 11:37 circuierunt in melotis] In gray russet and heery cotes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1492
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