† Forcelet²

Obs. Also forslet. [Corruptly a. OF. forceret, dim. of forcer: see FORCER¹.] A small ‘forcer’ or coffer.

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c. 1475. The Romans of Partenay, 1081. A forcelet wrought fresh of yuor bon.

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1532. in Weaver, Wells Wills (1890), 167. Elyn Samplyn my serv^t a copull of berches and a forslet.

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1565. Jewel, Def. Apol. (1611), 281. To carrie home the Sacrament in their Napkins, and to keepe it in forcelets.

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† Forcelet2