Piers Plowman

American  

[peerz plou-muhn] / ˈpɪərz ˈplaʊ mən /

noun

1. (The Vision Concerning Piers Plowman ) an alliterative poem written in three versions (1360–99), ascribed to William Langland.

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Example Sentences

In the 14th-century Middle English narrative poem Piers Plowman, William Langland puts the matter succinctly: “These pestilences were for pure sin.”

From The Guardian

“So hard it is,” says a character named Hawkin in Piers Plowman, “to live and do sin. Sin pursues us always.”

From Slate

But the most direct antecedent of Big Mouth’s world of bawdy personifications might be the alliterative 14th-century dream vision poem Piers Plowman.

From Slate

"Loop" meaning a small gap in a wall to look or shoot through, appears in English in the 14th Century - in Langland's Piers Plowman the devils rush to block up the walls of hell to stop heavenly light coming in "at louer ne at loupe".

From BBC

In the 14th Century Vision of Piers Plowman the poet notes ironically that if you are rich friars will pray for you "pol bi pol" - that is, all of them together.

From BBC