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mulettus

1 mulettus [MEOF mulet] , kind of fish, usu.red mullet (Mullus barbatus). invenerunt pisces quatuor ‥ qui vulgo ‥ ~i dicuntur ‥. sunt ‥ marini potius quam fluviales R. Bocking Ric. Cic. I 7. 78; 1265 makerelli, xxj d. ‥ ~i et bar, xv d. Manners 43; 1309 de predictis nativis sedebunt quidam ad tres rupes super litus maris ‥ quolibet die inter festum Purificacionis B. Virginis et Hokkeday ad capiendum muletum cum propriis batillis et proprio apparatu IPM 16/9 m. 6; 1324 mulecium meliorem pro ij denariis et alios prout valent MGL II 118.
2 mulettus [ML; cf. OF mulet] , (young or small) he-mule. c1312 asinus et ~us idem r. c. de j asino et j mulett’ inventis ibidem LTR Ac (Templars) 19 r. 27d.; 1419 summa remanente equorum ‥ ccxxxiij, unde bastard’ vj, jenett’ x, palefr’ lxiiij, mulett’ j, haken’ v Ac. Foreign 52A.

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