clinke

Old French

Alternative forms

Noun

clinke oblique singular, m (oblique plural clinkes, nominative singular clinkes, nominative plural clinke)

  1. door handle

Derived terms

  • cliket, clichet, cleket, clequet
    • → Middle English: cliket, clyket, cleket

Descendants

Further reading

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (clenche, supplement)
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