Dictionaries of the Scots Language
Dictionars o the Scots Leid

A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

Hide Quotations Hide Etymology

Abbreviations Cite this entry

About this entry:
First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Hous, n.² Also: houis, huse, huis(e. [ME. howse (a 1480), earlier in Latin contexts house, houze, houce, huce (c 1283), OF. houce, huche (12th c.).] A cloth attached to a saddle, covering the back and flanks of the horse. Cf. Housing n.²] 1496 Treas. Acc. I. 304.
For ij hors hous to the King c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxi. 21.
With ane new hous I wald be happit Aganis this Crysthinmes for the cald 1517 Treas. Acc. V. 130.
For schoyne, housis, breddil, and helteris bocht for the Kingis mwle 1529 M. Works Acc. I. 18.
vj ell of gret cammes for housis to the cart hors 1533 Treas. Acc. VI. 181.
To be ane hous under the Kingis sadill, vj quarteris domegrane 1594–5 Misc. Spald. C. V. 58.
To ane boy to gang to the Lastis to tak ane hous to the prouest 1690 Foulis Acc. Bk. 129.
To … [a] sadler … for a houis and hulster-tops of selch skin 1695 Ib. 183.
For a new sadle with huise, girth, … and stirpleathers 1695 Edinb. Test. LXXX. 136 b.
Ane black sadle with huse, hulster, and hulster topsattrib. 1696 Foulis Acc. Bk. 190.
His count for sadle furniture, … and the huiss girdis