A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Tre(i)lȝe, n. (? OF estrille, strelha (12th c. and 14th c. in Wartburg) a currycomb, a comb for dressing horses or ? a further example of Trailȝe n. a coarse cloth (for dressing horses).) —1513 Doug. xii ii 92.
The … verlettis of hys stabill … Thar lokrand manys and thar crestis hie Dressys with trelȝeis [Sm. treilȝeis] and camys honestlye
