Making Arrows: The Parliament of Fowls, 211-217

Author / Editor
Scattergood, John.

Title
Making Arrows: The Parliament of Fowls, 211-217

Published
N&Q 247 : 444-47, 2002.

Description
Proposes a reading for PF 215-16: "and with a harde file / She couched hem." "Couched" comes from French "cocher," meaning "to cut a notch or groove," a necessary step in arrow-making.

Chaucer Subjects
Parliament of Fowls.