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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1561
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Cussinet, -at, n. [F. coussinet. Cf. e.m.E. cushinet, quysshenet (1542).] A small cushion (for a saddle). — 1561 Treasurer's Accounts XI. 65.
For vij elnis … of blak to be vj cussinettis to the Quenis … ladeis. For making of the saidis vj cussinettes, ilk cussinat haifand ane stirrope girth stuffit with downis
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