† unˈmoble, a. and n.
[un-1 7 (5 b), 12. Cf. MDu. onmeubel, -moebel, etc.]
= unmovable.
| 1377 Langl. P. Pl. B. iii. 267 Moebles and vnmoebles [v.r. vnmebles], and al þat þow myȝte fynde. c 1380 Wyclif Wks. (1880) 12 Ȝif þei coueiten..þe housis, þat ben goodis vnmeble of here neiȝeboris, as londis or rentis. 1429 Wills & Inv. N.C. (Surtees) 80 All remenant and residewe of my goods moblez and vnmoblez. 1456 Sir G. Haye Law Arms (S.T.S.) 261 Gif a man had tane possession of ony gude moble or unmoble. 1594 Carew Tasso (1881) 110 If you also prisonment refuse, And fetters fly, as waight vnmoble fro. |