† ˈparmenter Obs.
[a. OF. parmentier, in med.L. parmentārius (1148 in Du Cange), of uncertain origin.
Sometimes assumed to be f. L. parāmentum, F. parement, parament; but the a of the second syllable would not be lost in med.L. and Fr.]
A tailor. So † parmentery, -try Obs. [OF. parmenterie], ? the trade of a tailor.
| [1301 Rolls of Parlt. I. 246/1 Nich[ola]s le Parm[en]ter h[ab]uit die [prædicto]..11s... In furratura et pellibus agninis 1 marc.] a 1307 in Riley Liber Albus (1861) 198 Parmentery. [a 1400 in Gross Gild Merch. II. 206 Item nul parmenter estraunge neyt cuue ne counfite en sa mesone.] 14.. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 601/39 Penularius, a parmenter (or a scynnere). a 1695 Wood City of Oxford (O.H.S.) I. 492. |