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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1551-1588
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Cantailȝe, Cantaillie, n. Also: cantalȝe, -te(i)lȝe, -tilȝe. [Of obscure origin: cf. Cantrailȝe.] App. a small tuft or tassel sewed on a dress, etc., as a trimming or ornament; an edging made of these.1551 Treasurer's Accounts X. 17.
For cantailȝeis and sewing silk to the theis of thir hois 1552 Ib. 71*.
For cantailȝeis and sewing silk and buttonis to the same [cloik] 1553 Ib. 192.
vj unce cantalȝeis and sewing silk to put on the samyn [goun] bordoures 1561 Inv. Wardrobe 135.
Ane bed made of crammosie veluot … with a litle cantaillie of gold 1561 Ib. 147.
Foure quarters of a coitt of claith of gold fresit with cantailȝeis of gold and siluer 1574 Edinburgh Testaments III. 105 b.
Tua gros of cantailȝes of worsat 1574 Ib. 143 b.
xxiiij bowtis luggit cantilȝeis of worsat; … small frenche cantilȝeis of worsat 1588 St. A. Test. II. 95 b.
Thre dussoun worsat canteilȝeis
