raggedstave (1396-1404)
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raggedstave (1396-1404)

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[gdw]

  FEW: ∅ Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: ∅ DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  ragged staff n.  MED:  ragged-staf n.  DMLBS: ∅
raggetstawe,  raggytstave  
ls(loanword: English )
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s.

1 herald. 'ragged staff', heraldic representation of a staff with projecting stumps (in the badge of the Beauchamp earls of Warwick): 
( 1396-1404 ) une hanape ové le covercle d’or oeveré de corones et raggedstaves  169.R247
( 1396-1404 ) .j. autre hanap ové le covercle appellé grippeshey, debrusez, [...] garniz ové argent endorrez, au guise de ragget stawes  203.R634
ragged  stave 
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