Other dictionaries do not attest the sense of ‘meadow-sweet’ for the diminutive of reine¹ though the DMLBS attests to this sense under reginella (2720b). The term was also used to designate a type of apple in the 16th century in both French and English (Cotgrave 1611, Renette ‘Game at Tables of some resemblance with our Doublets, or Queenes Game; also, the apple called a Pippin or a kind thereof; see OED rennet n.2; and reinette n.). The Test Ebor citation suggests earlier currency of the sense in Anglo-Norman.