boissel

Old French

Etymology

From boisse, a grain measure.

Noun

boissel oblique singular, m (oblique plural boisseaus or boisseax or boissiaus or boissiax or boissels, nominative singular boisseaus or boisseax or boissiaus or boissiax or boissels, nominative plural boissel)

1. bushel (unit of measure)
   • Black Book of the Admiralty, ed. T. Twiss, Rolls Series, vol. 1, London 1871, 1-344. date: c.1440

     soit enquiz de tous ceulx qui usent boisselz non dues en la nef pour mesurer bledz, sel, etc. dedens la nef

Descendants

• French: boisseau
• Norman:

  France: bouissé

  Guernsey: buisset

  Jersey: bouessé

• → Middle English: busshel
  • English: bushel
  • Scots: buschel