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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1513-1681
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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 Treasurer's Accounts VII. 262.
xij elnis of bouteclaytht 1541–2 Ib. VIII. 53.
Ane elne bouteclaitht 1567 Edinburgh Testaments 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 1578 Ib. 223.
A nycht gowne of quhite boutclaith … Ane auld gowne of blak boutclaith 1580 Treasurer's Accounts 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 1681 Ib. 37 b.
Tua half peis bout cloath
