A ceremony in parts of the north, formerly widespread but surviving now in one or two localities only, notably in Sowerby Bridge. Typically, rushes and other greenery were borne to the church and spread over the floor, and the evidence suggests that it was an opportunity for singing, dancing and general merry-making. It was evidently a custom with a long tradition.
A woollen fabric, noted in 1488 and 1493 (OED), but more frequent in the sixteenth century, with reference to items of clothing such as doublets, jackets, jerkins and kirtles.
The earliest examples of this word date from the fifteenth century when they referred to countrymen, or men who followed country pursuits (OED). In the records of Healaugh Park are much earlier Latin uses which seem to point to workers of villein status working in the park.
A kind of deer-leap which involved a modification of the pale around a park. It allowed deer to enter the park but made it difficult for them to leap out again.