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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1375, 1531-1578
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Futebraid, Futbreid, n. [ME. fote brede (Chaucer).] A foot-breadth. —1375 Barb. xi. 365.
He gert men … pottis ma Of a fut breid round 1531 Acts Lords of Council MS. XLIII. 140.
They declared that or thai suld tyne … ane fute braid of the propirte of this realme thai suld juperde … thar lyvis a1568 Bannatyne MS 137 b/19.
My berne … hes of hir awin … Ane calf, ane hog, ane futebraid sawin a1578 Pitsc. I. 40/30.
His brother Dawid, quhome he never sufferit to pase ane futebraid frome him
