watershad (1321)

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watershad (1321)

[KJ]

  FEW: Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF: DMF: TLF: OED: MED:  water n. (watershede)  DMLBS:
watreshad  
ls(loanword: M.E. (?))
le

This word seems to be a hapax. It would seem to be ME in form but appears only in an AN context. MED speculates that the term might be read as wateres hed.

s.

1 anat. some part of female genitals, probably the hymen
( 1321 )  (the man accused of rape) prit soun vit [...] et le mit enmi le conu (l. coun) meime cete J., et li debrusa le watershad [...] et ravit sa puselage  Ed II xxvi 88
water 
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