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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Boutclaith, n. Also: bouteclaitht, -claytht, boult(e)claith; bowtclaitht; butclaith, -clayth; bout-, butcloath. [Later form of Bultclath. Cf. northern e.m.E. boutcloth (1592).] Bolting cloth; cloth of a thin or open texture.(a) 1513 Rentale Dunkeld. fol. 115.
Alloc. eidem per empcionem trium lie bowtclaithtis deliberat' Iohanni Broun pistori 1539 Treas. Acc. VII. 262.
xij elnis of bouteclaytht 1541–2 Ib. VIII. 53.
Ane elne bouteclaitht 1567 Edinb. Test. I. 12.
Sex elnis … of butclayth 1575 Ib. III. 361 b.
Ane steik of paintit boutclaithis 1578 Inv. Wardrobe 217.
Twa stickis of quhite boutclaith Ib. 223.
A nycht gowne of quhite boutclaith … Ane auld gowne of blak boutclaith 1580 Treas. Acc. MS. 8.
Foure elnis of boutclaith to dicht the claithis with 1595 Duncan Appendix.
Exceruiculum, a sife or boulte claith 1612 Bk. Rates 291.
Boultclaith the haill peice, x li. 1645 St. A. Baxter Bks. 115.
That they len nane of butclaithis nor lumes to buit thair fluir(b) 1681 Blackness Customs MS. 34 b.
Elevein peis butcloathes valu fourty six pounds Scotts Ib. 37 b.
Tua half peis bout cloath