Obs. Also spynas, spyn(n)es. Earlier form of PINNACE.
1442. Rolls of Parlt., V. 59/2. There most be awaytyng and attendaunt opon hem IIII Spynes, in eche Spynes XXV men. Ibid., 60/1. The Shippes, Barges, Balingers and Spinaces.
1458. Paston Lett., I. 429. Then my Lord … manned fyve schippis of forecastell, and iij. carvells, and iiij. spynnes.
1466. Mann. & Househ. Exp. (Roxb.), 205. My mastyr paid … for a pompe, v. polyves, and odre aparaylle for the spynas.
