| accompt |
account |
| adze |
tool similar to an axe |
| andiron |
iron plates to stand by fire grate to support logs or pots |
| apparel |
clothing |
| appurtenance |
minor part belonging to some other property |
| ark |
wooden or metal box, chest, bin sometimes suspended from ceiling to keep away from vermin |
| aumbry |
wooden cupboard |
| back-house |
outhouse or lean to |
| barrel |
wooden tub often for storing liquid |
| bedstead |
wooden frame of a bed |
| board |
timber plank often on top of trestles to form table |
| board cloth |
table cloth |
| bolster |
long stuffed pillow |
| bolting |
sifting flour from husk |
| bolting cloth |
fine cloth used to sift flour from husk |
| bond |
promisory note |
| breeches |
short trousers fastened below the knee |
| buffet |
open sideboard |
| buffet stool |
low stool with upholstered top |
| bushel |
dry measure of capacity - 8 gallons or 4 pecks |
| busk |
strip of wood or bone as a stay in corsets |
| buttery |
cool room for drink or food |
| cart |
two wheeled farm vehicle without springs |
| cauldron |
large cooking vessel |
| chafer |
small brazier holding charcoal or hot ash, on which a chafing dish was placed for cooking |
| chapman |
itinerant pedlar or hawker |
| chattel |
moveable possession |
| cobiron |
bar with hooks for supporting spit over hearth |
| coffer |
lockable box or chest |
| cooper |
maker of barrells & other wooden vessels |
| cordwainer |
shoemaker |
| coverlet |
uppermost cover on bed - quilt or counterpane |
| diaper |
twilled linnen cloth |
| diet |
daily food or board |
| dole |
gift to the poor |
| ewer |
pitcher or jug with wide spout |
| form |
small board on trestles for seating |
| fowling piece |
firearm for shooting game |
| fuller |
one who finishes cloth |
| fustian |
coarse cloth of cotton & linen mix |
| guinea |
old coin worth 20 shillings from 1663 to 1717 then worth 21 shillings. First used for trade with Guinea. |
| hand iron |
andiron |
| harrateen |
linen fabric for bed curtains |
| hemp |
plant the fibres of which were woven into coarse fabrics or ropes |
| hempen |
medium coarse home-spun linen |
| hilling |
covering usually for beds |
| hog |
pig raised for meat |
| hoggerel |
yearling sheep - unshorn |
| holland |
fine linnen cloth |
| hovel |
storage shed without sides or frame with a thatched cover |
| husbandman |
smallholder |
| indenture |
document of agreement between two parties written out twice, often cut in half with wavy line to give each party a copy |
| joint, joyned |
beds, stools, tables made with mortice & tenon joints and pegged rather than nailed together |
| kimnel |
cask or tub made by a cooper for brewing, baking or salting |
| kine |
cows |
| kiver |
shallow wooden vessel |
| laundiron |
andiron or smoothing iron for laundry |
| laver |
metal wash basin |
| lawn |
fine linnen |
| lease |
contract between a lord & tenant |
| linen |
cloth woven from flax |
| mangle |
device for rolling & pressing cloth after washing |
| mash tub |
wooden vat for brewing |
| mashing |
mixing malt with warm water to start brewing process |
| mercer |
dealer in textiles |
| mortar |
vessel for mixing or crushing with a pestle |
| nuncupative |
wills which were declared, spoken |
| patten |
flat wooden clog raised off ground by an iron ring to keep wearers shoes from sinking into mud |
| peck |
dry measure of 2 gallons or a quarter of a bushel |
| peruke |
wig |
| pillowbere |
pillowcase |
| platter |
flat dish or plate |
| pole axe |
butchers long handled axe for slaughtering animals |
| porringer |
bowl for porridge or soup or potage |
| potage |
thick soup, oatmeal or porridge |
| relict |
widow |
| russett |
coarse home spun woollen cloth, often reddish brown |
| settle |
long wooden bench with high back & cupboards under |
| skillet |
metal pan with long handle for cooking on open fire |
| tammy |
fine worsted cloth |
| tent bed |
small four poster bed with canopy |
| tester |
flat canopy of four poster bed |
| trestle |
detachable legs (in pairs) to support table board or form |
| ticknye or tickney |
tickney ware - made at Ticknall DBY |
| trough |
large wooden container for washing or mixing |
| truckle bed |
low bedstead on castors which could be rolled under another bed |
| truss bed |
portable bed which could be rolled up or "trussed" for travelling |
| tub |
wooden container |
| vat, fat |
tub or trough |
| victualler |
one who sells food & drink |
| victuals |
foodstuff hung from ceiling to avoid rodents |
| virgate |
land measure - often 30 acres |
| wad, woad |
blue dye |
| whittawer |
saddler or glover working in white leather |
| yarn |
spun fibre for weaving - wool, linen, silk etc |
| yeoman |
freeholder or farmer |
| yoke |
curved wooden bar placed across shoulders from which buckets could be hung |
