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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Tur(r)et(t, Tur(r)at(t, n.2 [ME and e.m.E. touret, turet (both Chaucer), toret (1463), tyret (1486), turret (1552), OF toret, touret.] A terret, chiefly or only a ring on a dog's collar to which a leash might be attached.11… Reg. St. A. 188.
Reddendo mihi inde per annum … j turet et ii coleres 1156 Regesta I 187.
Turret 1575 Dumfries B. Ct. 20 March.
Twa dog turatis 1599 Misc. Maitl. C. III 342.
For ten dowbill chenyeis of iron and twentie pair of grit turrettis of iron to the said doges 1600 Treas. Acc. MS 120.
Ane greit dowbill cheinȝie to the deir houndis with twa pair of turrattis to thair colleris 1701 Foulis Acc. Bk. 297.
For a collar and turrets to the grew bitch
