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gaina

gaina [ME gaine < Ir. gáinne] , bolt (for crossbow), dart. 1314 quod in civitate Dublin’ providere faciant ad opus regis duodecim arbalistas bonas et competentes cum toto earum decenti attilio et apparatu et decem mille gaiginas pro eisdem arbalistis Doc. Ir. 327; 1326 in ‥ iiij capitibus lancearum, clx capitibus gaveloc’, lx capitibus pro gaignis ibidem fabricandis in forgea regis pro garnestura castri [Caernarfon] Pipe 171 r. 38.

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