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berdare

berdare [ME berden cf. barbare] 1 to set (a fence) with thorns. 1374 in stipendio unius hominis emendantis defectus haiarum ejusdem parci et illas ~antis in locis quibus necesse fuerit DL MinAc 507/8227 m. 10. 2 to ‘bard’, clip (cloth). 1441 ~avit et barbavit cxij pokas lane Pat 450 m. 11; de quibusdam lanis ‥ barbatis sive bardatis Ib.; 1460 summam ‥ saccorum lane bordate, forsate et claccate aut non bordate (TreatyR 143) Foed. XI 466; 1503 lanas illas claccare, ~are et mundare Pat 592 m. 5.

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