plucare

plucare [ME plukken < AS pluccian] 1 to pluck or collect wool. 1314 cum expensis ‥ auxiliancium ad lanam prolicandam [l. plucandam] (DL MinAc) N. Riding Rec. Soc. II 22; c1330 plicanti lanam per prioratum xiij s. iiij d. Ac. Durh. 519. 2 (p. ppl. as sb. m. or n.) sort of cloth, ? plush. 13‥ habeat ‥ rugetam, persum, bluetam, wagetam, ~atum, russetum (Nominale) Neues Archiv IV 340.