Obs. In 5–6 -aunce. [a. OF. covenance, now convenance, whence later Eng. CONVENANCE.] Agreement, covenant, convention.
c. 1475[?]. Sqr. lowe Degre, 902, in Hazl., E. P. P., II. 57. Vnto the kynge soone he rade, As he before his couenaunce made.
1483. Caxton, Æsop (1889), 47. The couenaunces and pactyons made by … force oughte not to be holden. Ibid. (1490), Eneydos, lviii. 156. The kynge Latyne and the other barons deuysed the couenances [of the combat].
c. 1500. Melusine (E.E.T.S.), 5. She assentid to hit by such couenaunce that neuer he shuld see her naked.
