bodekyn

Updated: May 11, 2025

In 1633, when forks were rare in England, he received a letter from E. Howes, saying that the latter had sent to him a "case contain containing an Irish skeayne or knife, a bodekyn & a forke for the useful applycation of which I leave to your discretion."

Alice Morse Earle - Customs and Fashions in Old New England