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cannabeus

cannabeus, ~ius 1 hempen. b of canvas. s1419 miserunt scalas ad posteriorem partem castri ‥ per scalas canubias Plusc. X 25; 1433 in j nova magna corda canabea ‥ empta Fabr. York 51.  b 1500 tria coopertoria, j de panno canubio Invent. Ch. Ch. 129; canabea [v. l. canobea] vela More Ut. 32. 2 (as sb. n.) (piece of) canvas. Cf. canevacius. 1265 in custura v canobeorum iij d. Manners 8; j par caligarum ‥ de canubio Obs. Barnwell 196; c1300 j d. de quodam parvo canabio Reg. S. Aug. 51; 1303 in panno empto de canubio ad saccos inde faciendos KR Ac 260/26 m. 2; 1304 in xij ulnis canabii emptis ad saccos pro pecunia imponenda faciendos Ib. 233/20 m. 9; 1460 pro xiij ulnis cannubii ‥ emptis ‥ pro lana ‥ regis ExchScot VII 3.

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