A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Pusillat, n. [Appar. erron. altered var. of Pouset n.] A duster for a horse. —1538 Treas. Acc. VI 426.
For xxiiij elnis grete canwes to be pusillatis to the grete hors Ib. VII 89, 99. 1538–9 Ib. 136, etc.
