Chaucer’s "The Canterbury Tales," D. 1746-1753.

Author / Editor
Southworth, James G.

Title
Chaucer’s "The Canterbury Tales," D. 1746-1753.

Published
Explicator 11 (1953): item 29.

Description
Glosses "blanket" in SumT 3.1751 as a "ragout made of the breast or shoulder, generally of veal" rather than a piece of cloth, and suggests that the context where it appears indicates "the gourmet tendencies" of the Summoner's friar.

Chaucer Subjects
Summoner and His Tale
Language and Word Studies