ˈtalwood Obs. exc. Hist.
Also 4–5 talwode, tallwod(e, (taleghwode, tallowood), 5–9 tallwood, 6 tal(e)wod, talewood, tallwodde, tallewode, 6–7 tall wood.
[A rendering of OF. bois de tail ‘bois en coupe’ (Godef.), f. tail cutting, cut.]
Wood for fuel, cut up usually to a prescribed size: cf. talshide.
| [1268– cited in Rogers Agric. & Prices I. 393 et seq., Tallwood.] 1350 in Riley Mem. Lond. (1868) 254 Talwode. 1373 Ibid. 369 Taleghwode. 1424 Will Stawell (Somerset Ho.), Centum de talwode. 1497 Naval Acc. Hen. VII (1896) 227 M{supl} tallowood occupyed & spent abought hetyng of pitche Talowe Tarre & Rosyn. 1502 Arnolde Chron. (1811) 97 The Ordinaunce for the Assise of Talewod and Belet in the Cyte of London. 1530 Palsgr. 279/2 Tallwodde pacte wodde to make byllettes of, taillee. 1552–3 Act 7 Edw. VI, c. 7 All talwoode, billet, fagot and coles..shall kepe thassises hereafter expressed. [A statement of sizes and prices follows.] 1573 Tusser Husb. (1878) 133 Pile tallwood and billet, stacke all that hath band. 1674 S. Jeake Arith. (1696) 68 Fuel contains Billets, Cordwood, Faggots, Talwood, and Coals. 1859 Parker Turner's Dom. Archit. III. iv. 101 It was the duty of the grooms of the chamber to procure a regular supply of tallwood and fuel for the fire. |