† puleyn Obs. rare.
Also 4–5 poleyne.
[a. OF. po(u)lain (1280 in Godef.), transf. use of poulain colt.]
A slide for lowering casks into a cellar; = pulley n.2
| [1236 Close Roll 21 Hen. III m. 20 Ad iij pulinos faciendos ad discarocanda vina regis ibidem. 1313–14 Calendar of Inq. post mortem V. 265 [Rendering..2s. 9d. yearly at the castle of Norwich for a custom called] Pipe and Puleyn.] c 1357 Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 560 Et Will'o de Stottesyete pro puleyns et aliis necessariis faciendis..xiiij d. 1373 in Riley Lond. Mem. (1868) 369, 20 poleynes, 2 wyndyng poleys. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 407/2 Poleyne, troclea. |