A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: <1375, 1375-1460
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Hauberk, Hawberk, n. Also: halbirk. [ME. hawberk(e, hauberk (c 1300), OF. hauberc, halberc. Cf. Hawbrek n.] A hauberk. —c 1230 Acts 70/1.
Miles … tenens … terram suam … per fie de hauberk c1420 Wynt. iv. 546.
Mony a hawberk … Was … left in felde 1456 Hay II. 50/17.
Rycht as the jakkis ar abone the hauberkisc1460 Alex. (Taym.) 3651.
[He] curuit the halbirk of mony haltane cote
