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Courtin(e, Courting, n. Also: courtyn(e, -tyng, -teing, kourting, cowrting, -yng; cour-, cowrthing. [ME. courtyne, -ine (also cort-, curtine, etc.), OF. courtine, cortine, L. cortīna. The forms in -ing, -yng, are the usual ones during the 16th cent. See also Cortyne, Curtyne, and Courtain, Courtene.]

1. A curtain.(a) a1500 Henr. Fab. 348.
I thank ȝone courtyne and ȝone perpall wall Of my defence now fra ane crewell beist 1496 Treas. Acc. I. 298.
For x elne and a half of tartir, to the Kingis courtynis c1500-c1512 Dunb. G. Targe 12.
Thir birdis sang thair houris Within thair courtyns grene 15.. Clar. v. 1711.
Phebus … In at the windo and on the courtines schone 1661 Brechin Test. VI. 206 b.
Tuo wolling and lining pirned courtins 1694 Inchmahome Pr. 162.
Tuo window courtines of whyte creap(b) 1474 Treas. Acc. I. 41.
To bind my Lordis courtings, 1 ½ quarter of bukrame 1478 Acta Aud. 67/1.
The ruf of a bed, the courtingis of the sammyn a1500 Seven S. 1453.
Baith courting, cod, covering & shete Of silk he fylis with his feit 1513 Doug. iii. ii. 50.
A murmur … hard we haue Within the courtyng and the secret cave 1533 Treas. Acc. VI. 182.
To lyne the rufe of the said courtingis, iij elnis bukrame 1549 Reg. Episc. Aberd. II. 196.
ij fair courthingis of Turky tafeteis … vith thair freingȝeis of silk 1567 Bamff Chart. 70.
Ane furneist bed … with sheittis, blancattis, … courtingis and coddis 1581 Brechin Test. I. 47.
Ane pair of greine plading kourtingis 1596 Montgomery Mem. 236.
About my bed … sex pair of courtingis 1596 Edinb. Test. XXIX. 321 b.
Fyve paire of courteingis 1602 Treas. Acc. MS. 97 b.
Changeand Spanis taffatie reid and ȝallow to be courtingis 1648 Aberd. Sheriff Ct. III. 44.
A fedderbed … with the courtingis conforme thairto 1663 Kirkcudb. Min. Bk. 186.
The taster and inner valenes haveing ane orange fringe and heid peice all of the lyning of the courtinges(c) 1490 Treas. Acc. I. 189.
For xxxij elne of … varyand tartar to be a rufe and cowrtingis to the kingis bed 1506 Ib. III. 51.
For … small grene ribanes to hing the said cowrtingis 1530 Lindores Chart. 32.
Sewyn cowrthingis of ȝallow & reid sarg … ane cowrtyng of blew clath 1640 Bk. Carlaverock II. 503.
Fyve cowrtingis, thrie ovter vallons [etc.]

2. Attrib. with bed, cord, drawer, plading, ring, worsat. 1621 Edinb. Test. LI. 57.
Ane courting bed of aik 1652 Ib. LXVI. 129 b.
Four fir courting beds 1663 Ib. LXXI. 146 b.
Ane wanscott courting bed … ane vther courting bed — 1489 Treas. Acc. I. 106.
To Dave Caldewell for cowrting cordis that he boycht to the Dwke of Ros — 1646 Edinb. Test. LXII. 69.
Four courting drawers with the irnes quhairwpone thay rane — 1582 Ib. XI. 336.
Ten rowis of courting plading — 1489 Treas. Acc. I. 117.
For cordis and cowrting ryngis 1500 Ib. II. 26.
For ij½ dosane courting ringis 1632 Edinb. Test. LVII. 24.
Threttene hundreth courting ringis — 1574 Ib. III. 46.
Aucht elnis of courting worsat