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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1438, 1499-1699
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Pal(l, n. Also: pa, paw. Also: ? erroneous plural palice. [ME. and e.m.E. pall, palle, pal, also late ME. pale (1463), ME. also pel (west midl., 13th c.), pelle (Prompt. Parv.), e.m.E. also pawle, paule (16th c.), OE. pæll, pęll ‘costly cloak or robe, purple robe, purple’, f. L. palli-um (med. L. also pauleum, 12th c.). Only in verse in Sc. (Cf. Paill n. of the same ultimate origin.)]
1. Rich or costly cloth.As suited for persons of rank.a1400 Legends of the Saints xxii. 557.
He … wypyt thame [the pieces] in pal [: al] ?1438 Alex. ii. 10736.
Weill cled in pillour and in pall [: hall] a1500 Golagros and Gawane 63.
To ane hie hall That wes astalit with pall a1500 Ib. 235.
The proudest in pall a1500 Ib. 313.
Ane pailyeoun … Of pall and of pillour a1500 Buke of the Sevyne Sagis 194.
The empriour … on a clath of silk & pall [: hall] Set him a1500 Ib. 211.
With ladyis in purpour & in pall [: hall] 1513 Doug. iv. iv. 12.
Of gold and pal [Ruddim. pall] wrocht hys [the horse's] rych harnasyng 1513 Ib. i. ix. 106. c1635-80 Edwards Commonpl. Bk. 78 b.
Ve debat in a goun of pa [: hal]
2. A robe or cloak.As worn by persons of rank.To give (a maiden) waile (= veil) and pall, to admit as a nun.a1400 Legends of the Saints ix. 286.
The kinge for ire thane raf his pal [: smal] Of purpur [L. purpuram scidit] a1400 Ib. x. 422.
The apostil … thai madynnis all Blyssit & gefe tham waile & pall ?1438 Alex. ii. 8710.
He had thair sa great gadering That weirit palice [F. tunicles de paille de Tyr] and tyre And silkin towellis [etc.]1513 Doug. xi. xi. 97.
In sted eik of hir syde garmont or pall [L. pallae, Ruthv. of pall] Our the schuldris … a tygrys skyn … dyd hyng
3. = Paill n. 1.1552 Acta Conc. Publ. Aff. 618.
Ane paw to the haly cros 16.. Balfour Her. Tracts 36–7 (see Paill n. 1 (a)).
4. (?) —1641-8 Skipper's Acc. (Smettone) 3.
For mendin … the band of the pall
