† ˈbidowe Obs. rare—1.
[Referred by Prof. Skeat (Notes to Piers Plowman) to med.L. bidubium, a bill-hook or bush-hook (which has been conjectured to be of Celtic origin, from Gaulish *vidu wood); others have compared Welsh bidog dagger: but the meaning and derivation are alike uncertain.]
? A weapon of some kind.
| 1362 Langl. P. Pl. A. xi. 211 A bidowe or a baselard he beriþ be his side. |