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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Curtine, Curting, n. Also: curtyn, cwrtyng. [ME. curtyn(e, curtin (14th c.), var. of courtyn Courtin(e.]
1. A curtain (of a bed, etc.). a1400 Leg. S. xl. 1329.
That fellone … bad his curting vpe suld be Drawine, the lycht for to se 1483 Acta Aud. *119/2.
A fedder bed … , curtynnis and rufe of worsat 1540 Maxwell Mem. I. 409.
Ane payr of cwrtyngis of wariant tapheteis 1549 Compl. 118/21.
He … hid them … be hynd the curtingis of the tempil Ib. 119/13.
The ephores that stude be hynd the curtynis 1580 Coll. Aberd. & B. 391.
Ane of the purper veluot beddis and haill furnessing thairof, curtingis, coddis [etc.] 1583 Elgin Rec. I. 172.
Ane pair of curtingis
2. A curtain in fortification. Cf. Courtene n. 2. 1560 Edinb. B. Rec. III. 69.
For making of the blokhous and curting equall to the ground
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