noun
Meaning 1
A bolt for a crossbow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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matrass
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noun
Meaning 2
A type of bolthead flask used in chemical distillation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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History
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman matraz (“shaft, dart”), Middle French materas, from an unattested post-classical variant of Latin mataris, materis (“Gaulish throwing-spear”), from a Gaulish language.
From New Latin matracium and its source, Middle French matheras, matraz etc., either from Middle French materas (see Etymology 1, above), with reference to its shape, or from Arabic مطرة, مطارة (“leather bottle, vase”).
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Italian: matraccio — type of flask
- Spanish: matraz — type of flask
- Turkish: matara — type of flask
- Ottoman Turkish: مطره (matara) — type of flask