polyve
Middle English
Noun
polyve
- Alternative form of polive
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Squire's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 183-185:
- Ther may no man out of the place it dryve
For noon engyn of windas or polyve;
And cause why, for they can nat the craft.- No man there can drive it out of the place
Despite any contrivance of windlass or pulley;
And the reason why? Because they do not know the craft.
- No man there can drive it out of the place
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Squire's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 183-185:
References
- “polyve”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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