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shetum

shetum [ME shete < AS scete], (naut.) rope attached to the corner of a sail, sheet. 1313 pro duabus cabulis magnis, uno cokecto, duobus schedis, duobus hauseriis ‥ cordis diversimodis KR Ac 375/8 f. 6d.; 1338 pro ij cables novis, ij chetis, j hauser et quodam bowelyne emptis Ib. 20/27 r. 1d.; 1340 de iiij ancoris, iij cablis factis ad opus regis. ‥ et de j steye ‥ j haucer, et ij shettis similiter factis Ib. 20/21.

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