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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1681-1695
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Gramash, n. [Alteration of e.m.E. gamash (1596).] A kind of leggings or gaiters, worn to protect the legs from mud and wet. — 1681 Colvil Whig's Suppl. i. 14.
He had on each leg a gramash 1681 Ib. 81.
My boots … are better then gramashes For me, who through the dubbs so plashes 1695 Cromartie Corr. I. 118.
If you cannot gett on a boot, yow would cause make a gramash
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