A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Cape-hous, Caip-hous, n. [Cape n. 4.] A small erection on the top of a building.1562 6th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. 648/2.
Ouer kitching … , Nedder kitching … Lairdnar … The cape house [etc.] 1633 M. Works Acc. XXVI. 2.
Fluiring nailles for the brydillis and propes of the caiphous and chimney heid 1672 Soc. Ant. XIV. 329.
To … remove and take down the ‘cape house’ from the platforme of the old tower 1715 Coll. Aberd. & B. 250.
It was four story high, having besides (what they call) a capehouse and battlements
