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Quotation dates: 1489-1501
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Ter(e)poile, Tere pyle, n. [OF a treis poils three-pile, Sp. terciopelo velvet.] Of velvet: Three-pile (Pile n.4 2). — 1489 Treasurer's Accounts I 135.
v elne a half of terepoile veluus for a half lang gowne to the king, price of the elne iij li. x s. 1489 Treasurer's Accounts I 137.
Terpoile 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. 542.
Damesflure, tere pyle, quhairon thair lyis Peirle orphany
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