[Sca-cooks] Harfleur 1415

[Johnna Holloway]

The electronic Middle English Dictionary is up at
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/med/
Cart is defined here
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/m/mec/med-idx?size=First+100&type=headword&q1=cart&rgxp=constrained
Wain is here
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/m/mec/med-idx?type=id&id=MED51520

Maybe the footnote is the medieval equivalent of covering all the bases, 
ie 'to provide trucks and vans'
or 'minivans and crv's'.

Johnnae



Ian Kusz wrote:
> On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 3:24 PM, Johnna wrote:
>   
>> /* Feeder a, /ix., 248. Robert Hunt, Sergeant-Carter, to provide carts and
>> wains for the King's use, May, 1415. /\M-, /31o, 312.
> Wait!  I thought carts and wains were the same thing.  As in, wains are
> carts, carts are wains.  What's the difference?
>