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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1650
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(Schimal,) Shimal, n. (Cf. mod. dial. shimee straw-rope, a rest for a creel on a fishwife's back, Gael. sìoman straw rope, also mod. dial. simmen, -ind, simmet, etc. a rope made from heather, grass, etc., esp. straw, orig. f. ON sima, but perhaps influenced by the Gael. sìoman, itself appar. orig. f. ON.) — 1650 Misc. 3 Spald. C. II 204.
For 3 shoone to the bagag horss with creels sadills & shimales
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