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Quotation dates: 1503-1513
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Broket, n. Also: brokket, brokat, -it. [ME. broket (c 1410), OF. brocart.] A stag of the second year, with straight single horns. Also attrib. with hide. 1503 Treasurer's Accounts II. 203.
For tua broket hidis to cover ane sadil 1508 Rentale Dunkeld. fol. 37 b.
Et per idem preceptum in lie brokathid Georgio Nesch vj s. 1513 Doug. xii. Prol. 179.
Heyrdis of hertis … Baith the brokkettis, and with braid burnyst tyndis
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