† ˈforcet Obs.
Forms: 5–8 forset, (6 for{cced}et, forsset), 6–8 fosset, 6–7 forcet.
[? shortened form of forcelet2.]
A little ‘forcer’ or chest.
| 1426 E.E. Wills (1882) 70 Þe forset that Thomas Essexie wot where is. 1548 Thomas Ital. Gram. (1567) N ij b, Forciere, a forset or a little coafer. 1577–87 Holinshed Chron. II. 590 A number of chests, coffers, and forssets. 1656 in Blount Glossogr. 1721–92 in Bailey. |