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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1506-1507
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Plasteroun, n. [F. plastron (1546 in Hatz.-Darm.).] ‘Probably a half-breast worn as a double-piece to a habergeon’ (C. R. Beard); ‘a steel breast-plate worn beneath the hauberk’ (OED.). — 1506–7 Treasurer's Accounts III. 367.
For ane hebreschoun … and ane plasteroun to the samyn
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