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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1489-1530

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Brest curch(e, cowrch, n. [Brest(e n., Curch.] A kerchief for covering the breast.1489 Acts Lords of Council 106/2.
A collare of dammes … , ij sarkis … , a brest curche
1490 Treasurer's Accounts I. 190.
ij elne of Holland clayth to brest curcheis
1522 Dunferm. B. Rec. 209.
Ane brest curch, ane naipkyn
1530 Balmerino and L. Chart. ii. 32.
xxj neipkines & brest courchis, thre nek cowrchis

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