† castane, -anie, -ayne Obs.
Also 4 casteyn(e, kasteyne, 5 castany, 6 kastainy.
[a. ONF. castanie, castaine (mod.F. châtaigne):—L. castanea chestnut.]
A chestnut.
| 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. lxxxviii. (Tollemache MS.) Kasteynes [1535 Casteyns] bredeþ swellynge yf men eteþ to many þerof. Ibid. xvii. lxxxviii. (1495) 656 The casteyne tree is a grete tree and an highe..Suche trees ben callyd Castanie. Ibid. cxxii. 684 The colour of a castane. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 73, Castany [1499 chesteyne], frute or tre. 1480 Caxton Ovid's Met. xiii. xv, Thou shalt have also castaynes grete plente. 1567 J. Maplet Gr. Forest 48 The Kastainy is a tree of good high growth. |