butrellen.
Apparently a compositorial error for buttelles (plural), variant of buttal n. Cf. botraille n.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun]
goalc1350
bounda1387
list1389
finea1400
frontier1413
enda1425
limit1439
buttal1449
headroom1462
band1470
mete?1473
buttinga1475
bounder1505
pale?a1525
butrelle1546
scantlet1547
limesa1552
divisec1575
meta1587
line1595
marginc1595
closure1597
Rubicon1613
bournea1616
boundary1626
boundure1634
verge1660
terminary1670
meta1838
1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke i. xv. f. 29 The meeres and butrelles [L. signa] with whiche they desseuered theyr porcions of lande.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018).
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