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The sendel-wood lined case had cushioned slots for each, so that no matter how roughly the case was handled, the contents would never break or spill.
The Black Gryphon Lackey, Mercedes 1994
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Then the old man made the young man to unarm him, and he was in a coat of red sendel, and bare a mantle upon his shoulder that was furred with ermine, and put that upon him.
Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series) Thomas Malory Jean Froissart
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Then the old man made the young man to unarm him, and he was in a coat of red sendel, and bare a mantle upon his shoulder that was furred with ermine, and put that upon him.
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Then the old man made the young man to unarm him; and he was in a coat of red sendel, and bare a mantle upon his shoulder that was furred with ermine, and put that upon him.
Song and Legend from the Middle Ages Porter Lander MacClintock 1906
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I unwrapped him, for the babe was wrapped up in a cover-point of vermil sendel; and when he was unwrapped, I saw that he had the belly slit from the breast to the navel.
Old French Romances William Morris 1865
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Sheriff, she was dying ere you came to prison her, -- on a sendel thread
The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time Emily Sarah Holt 1864
bilby commented on the word sendel
"Then the old man made the young man to unarm him, and he was in a coat of red sendel, and bare a mantle upon his shoulder that was furred with ermine, and put that upon him."
- Thomas Malory, 'The Holy Grail'.
September 8, 2009
reesetee commented on the word sendel
Is this the same as sendal?
September 8, 2009
bilby commented on the word sendel
Looks like it might be. The text I cited was retrieved from Bartleby. Perhaps sendel is archaic.
September 8, 2009