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Quotation dates: 1496-1674
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Plansc(h)our-, Plains(c)hour-nail(l, Planscher-nale, Planseour-naill, n. Also: planschoir-, planchour(e)-, -cheo(u)r-, plainscheour-, playnscheour-, plainȝour-, planchart-, plancher-, planceour-, -cio(u)r-, -tio(u)r-, and -naile, -nayl(e, -naiel, -nal(e, -nall. [Late ME. plancher nail (1416–67), (north.) playnchournale (1480), f. late ME. plaunchoure (c 1400), (north.) planchoure (1408), (north.) playnshore (1447–8), plawncher (1449), e.m.E. plancher (a 1490), plauncher (1552), a plank, planking or boarding, a floor or platform, med. L. (Eng.) planchura (1294–6) a floor, OF. plancher, planchier (12th c. in Littré) planking, floor, ceiling, f. planche Planch n. (cf. Plancear n.).Cf. also Plenschour-naill n. and Plancheoun-naill n. (and Planschour n.).]
A kind of nail, for, or as for, planks.plur. and coll.(a) plur. 1496 Treasurer's Accounts I. 294.
For iijc planschour nalis to the werk, iiij s. vj d. 1501 Ib. II. 89.
For vc dur nales, iijc lathbrod, and tua hundreth planschour nailes, send to Faulkland, xj s. 1523 Ib. V. 221.
For plancheour nalis to beit the … cuppillis, x d. 1527 Ib. 325.
iiijc planschour nalis, viij s. 1552 Edinb. Hammermen MS. fol. 191.
For garroun naylis & planchour naylis, ij s. 1553–4 Edinb. Old Acc. II. 24.
Planscheor naillis 1553–4 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 287.
Planchoure nallis 1670 Irvine Mun. II. 272.
With fyve cast of double planscour [ed. plaustour] naielscoll. 1507 Rentale Dunkeld. 204.
[2200] lathbrodis, [1100] planchour nale, [102] garrow nale [etc.], … [price of 100] lathbrodis 10 d., [100] planchour 13 d. 1511 Ib. 281.
[1600] lie plancheor naile 1531–2 Master of Works Accounts (ed.) I. 70.
im planschour naill 1534–5 Ib. 127.
[13460] planscheour naile the price of the thowsand [16 s. 8 d.], … [3311] gyron nale … the thowsand [33 s. 4 d.], … [16240] dure nale … the thowsand [13 s. 4 d.](b) 1530 Master of Works Accounts (ed.) I. 36.
For ic playnscheour nallis and a ic dure naill, iii s. 1589 Mill Mediæval Plays 196.
Of plainȝour naillis to the haill skaffalding 1599 Master of Works Accounts MS. VIII. i.
Plainshour naillis 1599 Ib. (ed.) I. 317.
[360] plainschour naillis 1618 Montgomery Mem. 279.
Plainschour naillis 1628 Master of Works Accounts (ed.) II. 266.
Tuo hundreth plainscheour naill, … ane hundreth fluiring naill(c) 1517 Treasurer's Accounts V. 116.
Planchart nalis(d) 1577–8 Ayr B. Acc. 142.
Planscher nalis 1589-1600 Skipper's Acc. (Morton) 60 a.
Ane honderis plancher nalis 1674 Sheriffhall Coal Accompt 31 Oct.
Fluring and plancher nails(e) 1513 Treasurer's Accounts IV. 509.
For ane hunder greit nalis v s., … for jc planciour nalis ii s. 1513 Ib. 525.
Planceour nalis 1515 Ib. V. 12.
Planseour naill 1555–6 Edinb. Old Acc. II. 55.
Plantior nalis 1555–6 Ib. 57.
Plantiour nalis 1558 Master of Works Accounts (ed.) I. 294.
Plancior nallis
b. Attrib. with schank.1532 M. Works Acc. (ed.) I. 85.
For iiic sylour naill of planschoir naill schank 1532 Ib. 86.
For iiiic planschoir naill schank for syling 1532 Ib. 88, 92. 1552 Edinb. Hammermen MS. fol. 191 b.
Ane hundreth planchour naill schank xxx d. Item jc windo nayll schank xiij d.
