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:c. Wife of Bath, one of the pilgrims in [[Chaucer]]'s [[Canterbury Tales]]; used allusively (usu. attrib.), chiefly with reference to [[sexual]] app

# Chaucer, Geoffrey (14th century). The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems. The Second Nun’s Tale.

*ca. 1380 [[Chaucer]] writes the [[Canterbury tales]] in [[Middle English]]. the language shows French influence in thousands o

...s it the story flourishing as everyday entertainment in a broad variety of tales and jokes right into our own culture. It is - long and written in prose - a ...They rejoiced in a broad pattern of tastes and genres. ''[[The Canterbury Tales]]'' constitute a classic example, with their noble storytellers fond of "ro

...ameron|Decameron]]'' and [[Geoffrey Chaucer|Chaucer]]'s ''[[The Canterbury Tales]]'', have comparable forms and would classify as novels if written today. E

:1887 KIPLING Plain Tales from Hills (1888) 99 You..dimonstrate to my frind here, where your frinds a ...me-steads, home-closes, and ancient inclosures. 1853 C. W. ADAMS Spring in Canterbury Settlement vii. 69 The home-station was situated at the mouth of the river