jubbe
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English jubbe, of unknown origin.
Noun edit
jubbe (plural jubbes)
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Unknown.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
jubbe (plural jubbis)
- jubbe (tankard that holds liquor)
- 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Shypmans Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:
- With hym broghte he a jubbe of malvesye.
- With him he brought a tank of malvoisie.
Descendants edit
- English: jubbe
References edit
- “jubbe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-18.