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]
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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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