busshel

Middle English

Alternative forms

• boschell, bosshell, buschel, buschell, bushell, busschel, busshell, bussel, bussell, buyschel, buysshel

Etymology

From Old French boissel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuʃɛl/, /ˈbui̯ʃɛl/, /ˈbusɛl/

Noun

busshel (plural busshels)

1. bushel (volume measure)
2. bushel (vessel holding a bushel)
   • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎^[1], published c. 1410, Matheu 5:15, page 1v, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

     ne me tendiþ not a lanterne / ⁊ puttiþ it vndur a buſſhel [translating mōdius] · but on a candilſtike· that it ȝyue liȝt to alle þat ben in þe hous

     You don't light a lamp and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick, so it gives light to everybody who's at home.

Descendants

• English: bushel
• Scots: bushel

References

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