† terling Obs. rare.
[a. MLG. terlink (Schiller & Lubben), name of a pack (app. of cloth) of a definite size or quantity, dim. of tere, name of a pack or bale twice the size. Derivation uncertain. It is not clear whether the Du. teerling (Kilian teerlinck) ‘cube, die’, is connected. The quots. refer to rates at Antwerp.]
| a 1500 in Arnolde's Chron. (1811) 197 Item for a grete packe, the tolle ijs. g{supt}. Item for a myddel packe, the tolle xviii gret. Item for a terlyng, the tolle xij. g{supt}. Item for a fardel, the tolle vi g{supt}. Ibid., Item for a terling in y⊇ krane iiij. g{supt}. |