1bunch of hay, straw, hemp, twisted together:
(
s.xii3/4;
MS: s.xiv2
)
De torchaz furent ceint en lu de baudré
3759
(
1190-1210;
MS: c.1300
)
lur chevals fist escur[t]er, E tundre les fist come fols E torchaz lur fist pendre as cols
4594
(
1212;
MS: 1212-13
)
Com cordes faites de torchaz, De fein, de paille ou de pesaz
1413
2equit.horsestwist, handful of straw used to rub down an animal:
(
c.1285;
MS: c.1312
)
qe les beofs seent conreez d'un torcaz le jour
332
(
c.1290;
MS: s.xiv1
)
Et li bovers nel teigne a gaz Qe bien ne frote du torkaz
(var.
(B: s.xv1) torcaz;
(5: s.xiv1/4) torjaz
) (M.E. )wysp
(Y) 22v
(
s.xivin;
MS: 1382
)
Torcas
(M.E. horsewyppe) et torcheron
17.554
torchaz (s.xii3/4)