1) A large ornamental bead, characteristically found at intervals in rosaries.
1454 unum par precarum cum Gawdis de auro, Whitkirk
1486 also j payr of bedis of corall conteignyng thre tymes l, with all the gaudis of silver and gilt, and of every side of gaudis a bede of silver, Hull
c.1500 Tria paria precularium del corall, cum le gaudeys argenti deaurati, York
1532 one pare of Corall beades with silver gaudes, Church Fenton
1543 a pare of corall beades of three score with sex gawdes of golde, Adel. Note the use of the verb: 1453 unum par precularum de auro cum peerle gaudet, York
1498 Item a litell paier of geit bedez, gaudied with peierle, price iiijd, Wakefield.