▪ I. † sommier1 Obs. rare.
In 5 sommyer.
[a. F. sommier.]
A pack-horse; = somer 1.
| 1485 Caxton Chas. Gt. 128 They sawe passe by the castel xx sommyers laden wyth vytayl. Ibid. 159 That euery man trusse hys gheer vpon the sommyers. |
▪ II. † sommier2 Obs.
Also summier.
[a. F. sommier, or alteration of sommer summer n.2 after this.]
A bearing-beam in a building.
| 1623 T. Goad Dolef. Euen Song 11 By the breaking asunder of a maine Sommier or Dormer of that floare. 1625 Lisle Du Bartas, Noe 181 Mounting here and there..Into the esparsed pipes o' th' Sommier thorow-bored. 1631 Gouge God's Arrows iv. §15. 399 The maine Summier which crossed the garret was ten inches square. |