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Quotation dates: 1563
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Trapland, n. [Trap n.1 and Land n.1 6.] Broken, creviced land. Cf. mod. Sc. trap ‘a natural crack, crevice or pit on the surface of the ground’ (SND Trap n.1 I). — 1563 Notarial Instrument 29 June in Yule Collection (Reg. H.).
Devidit certan trapland betwixt … William maister of Glenkarne … the quhilk trapland beand riddin sychtit [etc.]
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