▪ I. † dossel Obs. or dial.
Also 8–9 dorsel.
[a. F. dossel:—late L. dorsāle what pertains to the back, f. L. dorsum, F. dos back.]
A pannier or the like borne by a beast of burden: = dosser1 2. (In quot. 1827, an appliance for carrying burdens on the back.)
| 1755 Johnson, Dorsel, Dorser, a pannier; a basket or bag one of which hangs on either side a beast of burden. It is corruptly spoken, and perhaps written, dossel. 1791 J. Collinson Hist. Somerset II. 34 The manure [is carried] in wooden pots called dossels. 1827 Carlyle Germ. Rom. IV. 44 The porter is girding the portmanteau on his dorsel. |
▪ II. dossel
var. dossal, dossil.