An article of protective clothing, originally made of linen but then of stouter materials. The loss of initial 'n' gave us the modern spelling 'apron'.
‘Functions that are today performed by nurses, physicians, social workers, secretaries, real estate agents and lawyers were among the countryfolk of Elizabethan and Stuart days performed by neighbours for each other’ – so wrote Mildred Campbell in The English Yeoman, finding the right words to define the word ‘neighbour’ as it came to be understood in the Tudor period.
A game played in the open air, with nine holes cut in the turf: stones or other rounded objects had to be rolled into the holes, and three in a row was a winning score. Alternatively, a similar game could be played indoors using a board.
A gold coin introduced in 1344 which had a value of 80 pence; that is half a mark. It was discontinued in 1465 after being revalued and gave way to the angel which had the same value.