wame-tow north.
Forms: 4 wambtoue, 5 -tow, 4 wamb(e)towe, waimto, wamtow, wametoue, 6 wayme-, 5– wametow.
[f. wame + tow n.2]
A girth or belly-band for a horse.
| c 1310 Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 511 Empt...8 Wamb⁓toues et Rigtoues. 1337–38 Ibid. 34 In emendacione..Wambtowes, vidz. 2 webbs pro cingulis. 1411 Priory of Finchale (Surtees) p. clvii, ij wametowes. 1663 Depos. Cast. York (Surtees) 100 Another..did theareupon cutt the wame⁓tow and tooke off the pack cloaths. 1846 Brockett N.C. Gloss. (ed. 3), Wame-towe. 1894 Northumbld. Gloss, Wame⁓tow, a belly-band or girth. |
| attrib. 1395 Cartul. Abb. de Whiteby (Surtees) 614 Pro iiij pese de Waimto webs, xx.d. Item pro ij dosan wamtow schafts, ij.s. 1536–37 Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 697 Pro..1 dd. wametowshaftes ad 2d., 2s. |