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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1561-1658
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Curtene, -teine, -tenȝe, n. [Variants of Courtene.] A curtain. Also attrib. with lace. a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxi. 333.
He … wes … to the matron brocht in hy With-in the curtenȝeis til hir bede 1561 Inv. Wardrobe 149.
Ane mekle auld curtene of quhite taffetie … Thre curtenis of grene damas 1564 Protocol Book of Thomas Johnsoun 138.
Ane cannabe with the curtenis 1612 McKay Hist. Kilmarnock 308.
Ane stand of greine champit curteinis 1658 Brechin Testaments VI. 163 b.
Four cutts of curteine laces
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