† morteaulxn.

Forms: late Middle English martews, late Middle English morteaulx (in a late copy).

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

Etymology: < Middle French marteaus (13th cent. in Old French; also attested in Middle French as martes (16th cent.) and martres (1542 in Rabelais)), specific use of plural of martel (see martel n.¹).The form morteaulx (in quot. a1600) is perhaps an error for marteaulx.

Obsolete.

A French game, similar to chucks or check-stone, played with small round pebbles.Cf. chucks at chuck n.³ 5, check-stone n.¹

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morteaulxa1475

martel1481

cockal1586

check-stone1587

guile-bones1606

dab-stone1652

dibstones1692

dibs1736

jackstones1783

Jack1863

knuckle-bone1884

five stones1900

a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) 8433 At the martews, the gentyl play Vsyd in fraunce many day.

a1600 ( Rec. Bluemantle Pursuivant (Julius) in C. L. Kingsford Eng. Hist. Lit. 15th Cent. (1913) 386 She sat plainge wt her ladyes at the morteaulx.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	morteaulx
释义	† morteaulxn. Forms: late Middle English martews, late Middle English morteaulx (in a late copy). Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French marteaus. Etymology: < Middle French marteaus (13th cent. in Old French; also attested in Middle French as martes (16th cent.) and martres (1542 in Rabelais)), specific use of plural of martel (see martel n.¹).The form morteaulx (in quot. a1600) is perhaps an error for marteaulx. Obsolete. A French game, similar to chucks or check-stone, played with small round pebbles.Cf. chucks at chuck n.³ 5, check-stone n.¹ ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > five-stones or knuckle-bones morteaulxa1475 martel1481 cockal1586 check-stone1587 guile-bones1606 dab-stone1652 dibstones1692 dibs1736 jackstones1783 Jack1863 knuckle-bone1884 five stones1900 a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) 8433 At the martews, the gentyl play Vsyd in fraunce many day. a1600 ( Rec. Bluemantle Pursuivant (Julius) in C. L. Kingsford Eng. Hist. Lit. 15th Cent. (1913) 386 She sat plainge wt her ladyes at the morteaulx. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1475
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