A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1501-1540, 1632-1636
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Riding-cote, n. Also: ryding-, ryidding- and -coit(t, -cot(t. [e.m.E. ryding coote (a1537); Riding vbl. n. and Cote n.1] A coat worn for riding.1501 Treasurer's Accounts II 34.
Ane riding cote to the king 1507 Ib. IV 17.
For vij elne rislis blak to be ane gret riding cote 1539 Ib. VII 64.
To be his grace ane riding coit 1539 Ex. Processes (Reg. H.) No. x (Scott v. Scott & McDowall).
Ane riding cot of blak veluet price xxiiij li. 1540 Maxwell Mem. 409.
Ane ryding coit lynit with blak gra of chergis 1632 14th Rep. Hist. MSS App. iii 235 (see Riding vbl. n. 4 b (1)).
Ryding cott 1636 Sutherland Bk. II 168.
Send me … als mutch … cloith [etc.] … as wilbe me ane ryidding coitt
