quyrre

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman quiree (continental Old French cuiriee), from Late Latin *corāta, from cor (“heart”), with influence from Old French cuir (“skin”).

Alternative forms

• cure, curee, guyrrei, kyrre, quarre, quarrie, quary, querre, querrye, quirre, quyrrei, quyrrey, whirry

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwiˈreː/, /kwɛˈreː/
• (with stress retraction) IPA^(key): /ˈkwireː/, /ˈkwɛreː/, (late) /ˈkwareː/

Noun

quyrre (uncountable)

1. The entrails given to hunting dogs as a reward; the quarry.
2. The giving of these entrails to hounds.
3. The animals killed in a hunt or the place where they are found.
4. (rare) The target given to a hawk by a falconer.

Descendants

• English: quarry

References

• “quirrẹ̄, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old French cuirie, from cuir (“skin”).

Alternative forms

• queyre, quirre
• queyer (possibly an error)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwiˈreː/, /kwæi̯ˈreː/
• (with stress retraction) IPA^(key): /ˈkwireː/, /ˈkwæi̯reː/

Noun

quyrre (plural quyrres) (rare)

1. a hide or leather

   blake of lyre Queyers a-namelynges

2. a cuirass, leather armor

   with oute haberion or quyrre

References

• “quirrẹ̄, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.