quyssheld

1) Of uncertain meaning, part of the cordwainers' process.

One example noted, in the undated ordinances of the York cordwainers. It was evidently a process in their work but the meaning is uncertain: c.1430 xij parium ocrearum in mundumque linate fuerint, quyssheld, lased vel clasped xix d. If it were a variant of ‘qwysshened’ it might mean padded.

places York
dates 1430

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