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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1375, 1513
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Cuyr-, Curbulȝe, n. Also: qwyrbolle, curbulle; coyr-, corbulȝe. [ME. coerboylé (Lydgate), -buillé (c 1400), OF. cuir bouilli. Cf. ME quyrboilly, quereboly (Chaucer), OF quir bouli (14th c. in Littré).] Leather hardened by being boiled or soaked in hot water and dried. 1375 Barb. xii. 22.
He bar Ane hat off qwyrbolle ay-quhar 1513 Doug. v. vii. 77.
Weil thame semyt for to be Of curbulle [Sm. cur-, R. corbulȝe] corvyn sevyn gret oxin hydis 1513 Ib. vii. x. 74.
Bos bukleris coverit with cuyrbulȝe 1513 Ib. xi. xv. 9.
With sovir weid Of coyrbulȝe or leddir with gilt nalys
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