femerell
(ˈfɛmərɪl)
Forms: 5 fomerel(l, fumrell, 5–6 fymrel(le, fumerill, 6 fymerelle, fomeril, fum(m)erel(l, 5– femerell.
[ad. OF. fumeraille altered form of fumerole = It. fumaruolo:—L. fūmāriolum, dim. of fūmārium, f. fūmus smoke.]
‘A lantern, louvre, or covering placed on the roof of a kitchen, hall, etc. for the purpose of ventilation or the escape of smoke’ (Weale, 1849).
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 169/2 Fomerel of an halle, fumarium. Ibid. 182/2 Fumrell of an hows, fumarium. 1446 Churchw. Acc. Yatton (Som. Rec. Soc.) 84 It. payd to Welyam Stonhowse for settyng in of to femerell in the stepyl, x{supd}. 1500 Ortus Voc. P viij, Fumerale, a fumerill. 1511 Nottingham Rec. III. 335 Y⊇ fymerelle of y⊇ chymney. 16.. Jrnl. Bk. Expences in Gutch Coll. Cur. (1781) I. 204 Spent about the Femerell of the New Kitchin..xviiis. viiid. 1885 Law Hampton Court i. xiii. 174 The inside of the femerell was as richly decorated as the rest of the roof. |