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: 1512, 1601
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Hors bre(i)d, n. [ME. horsbrede (1467). e.m.E. horse breade.] Bread made from bran, beans, etc., as food for horses. —1512 Treasurer's Accounts IV. 342.
To Wille Wod to by him hors bred 1601 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 280.
That na … caik baxteris haif ony quheit breid or yit ait laifis except hors breid to sell in thair houssis