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cercella

cercella, ~us [OF cercelle < querquedula] , ‘sarcelle’, teal. Gir. TH II 29 (v. avis 2a); s1191 juvenis ‥ nisum suum docuit ~as affectare propensius Diceto YH 102; 1198 per servitium ‥ vj ~arum Fines P. Norf 47; 1290 exeuntibus ‥ cum tribus spervariis regis ad faciendum volare ad carcellos KR Ac 352/20 m. 1; 1305 in ‥ v annatibus silvestribus, x pluvers, xxix ~is (Middleton MSS) HMC LXIX 325; 1307 redditum ‥ j galli, xv gallinarum ‥ et iiij ~orum Pat 128 m. 11; 1338 in j ~a j d. Ac. Ep. Bath. 129; 1412 [a hen and a half, a] sarcella [and the third part of a] sarcella [and 40 eggs] CalPat 406.

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