falcilla

falcilla [AN falcille, OF faucille < falcicula], ~us [AN, OF faucil] , sickle. b small knife. 1196 ad furcam et ad facellum (v. furca 1j); 1236 non permittit eum metere blada sua, immo capit facillas suas et tenet contra vadium (CoramR) BNB III 219; falces ad prata et ~os [v. l. ~as] ad messes Garl. Dict. 131; 1325 in ij faucellis emptis pro predictis pratis falcandis, ij s. vj d. MinAc 1147/23 m. 11; 1346 in toto blado tam manibus quam fauxillis sarclando MS BL Add. Ch. 62471 m. 2; 1392 cum faucillis (v. bederipa).  b 1288 pro cccx li. lichini empt’ pro officio candelarie. ‥ pro xiij li. de coton’, ij fausillis et pinguedine emptis pro eodem officio (AcWardr) TR Bk 201 p. 31.