Morris

A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 · 1889 · p. 16

adj. Moorish, sb. morris-dance, Sh. , ND; morisco , SkD; a morris-dancer, SkD. Comb. : morris-dance , Moorish dance, Sh.; morrys-daunce , HD; morres-dauncers , morris-dancers, HD; morrice-bells , bells for a morris-dance, S3; morris-pike , a large pike (weapon), HD, Sh.—Late Lat. moriscus , Moorish.