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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1443-1646
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Brade clathe, Braid claith, n. Also: brade clath(t, etc.; bred clayth, cleyth; bredcloath, -clothe. [ME. brode clothe (a 1420). See Brade a. 2.] Broadcloth.(a) 1443 Ayr Chart. 28.
Clamand fredome … to tap bradeclaith ande narow 1473–4 Treasurer's Accounts I. 30.
Brade clath for ij govnis and ij kirtillis 1473–4 Ib.
viij eln of brade clatht(b) 1473 Treasurer's Accounts I. 15.
v elne of braid claith to turs the Kingis dowblatis and his hos 1517 Reg. Privy S. I. 457/1.
Fustiane, braid claith and narow 1554 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 200.
Na hewit Scottis braid clayth except lynnyngis 1595 Edinburgh Testaments XXVIII. 9.
xlij elneis of argentie Lundoun braid clayth 1610 Criminal Trials III. 106.
Ane certane number of steikis of braid claith 1646 Aberd. B. Rec. IV. 69.
The … manufactorie for braid cloth in this burgh(c) 1600 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 281.
The burrowis … hes tane upone thame the hamebringing of strangers for making of bred clayth 1600 Ib.
The making of ane wab of bred cleyth after the forme of France 1637 Aberd. B. Rec. III. 106.
The tred of making of bredcloath 1637 Ib. 107.
Weauers of bredclothe
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