† hasteler, hastler Obs.
[app. a. AF. *hasteler, f. *hastele (whence secondary dim. hastelet: see haslet), dim. of haste, mod.F. háte spit, broach:—L. hasta spear; cf. the 12th c. L. equivalent hastalārius (? hastellārius), also hastelāria the place where broaches were kept (Du Cange). In this sense, Godefroy has only OF. hasteeur, hasteur:—med.L. hastātōr-em (Du Cange).]
An officer of the kitchen, who superintended or attended to the roasting of meat; also, a turn-spit.
| [? c 1175 Constit. Domus Regis in Liber Niger Scacc. (Hearne) I. 348 De Magna Coquina..Hastalarius.] c 1420 Liber Cocorum (1862) 1 Þis hasteler, pasteler, and potagere. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 229/1 Hastlere, þat rostythe mete..assator, assarius. 1563–87 Foxe A. & M. (1684) III. 715 Saying that Nicholas Cadman was Noyes Hastler, that is, such a one as maketh and hasteth the fire. |