A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Kaming-claith, Kaiming-cloth(e, n. [Cf. Kemmyng-claith and camyng-claith, Caming vbl. n.] A combing-cloth, a cloth put over the shoulders while the hair is combed. —1599 Treas. Acc. MS. 27.
Small holland claith to be his hienes ane kaming claith and colheid claith 1646 Edinb. Test. LXII. 141 b.
Twa kaiming clothes estimat baith to ij lib.
