1clew, ball of thread or yarn:
(
MS: s.xiii
)
glomus: clewe
169
(
1322-23
)
pur .iiij. clewes et .vj. skeynes de fil de cambre pur reis
(=nets)
675
(
1347-60
)
Et en coustages faitz […] sur diverse cordaile, c’est pur desfaire et fyler .v. veles cables […] des queux furent filés .ixxx. et .vij. clewes et pur les filer, desfayre et wyndage des dites clewes
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