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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Mantilling, Mantl(e)ing, vbl. n. and n. Also: mantel(l)ing, manttling. [f. Mantill n.¹ and n.²; also e.m.E. (1591) a heraldic mantling.]

1. vbl. n. a. ? Making up (furs) into ‘mantles’ (Mantil(l n.²). 1503 Treas. Acc.II. 227.
Payit … in Flandrez … for xxxv tymir of ermyng … [£141. 15s.]. Item for mantilling of the samyn [£6] 1507–8 Ib. IV. 18.
Payit … for dichting and wirking of the said lesartis extending to xxxiiij pece, and for mantilling of thaim [£5. 8s.] Ib. 30.

b. ? Covering over: cf. Mantilling ppl. a. 1626 M. Works Acc. MS. XIX. 26 b.
For ane kaik of lead weying xiiij stane for helping and mantelling the tua plattfurmes of the great hall of Stirling

2. n. a. Furs made up, ? sufficient to line a mantle (Mantil(l n.¹ 1) or ? = Mantil(l n.² (cf. 1 above). 1565 Hay Fleming Hist. Reformation (1910) 611.
Twa breistis of Speneȝee cattis, and twa mantillingis of Spenȝie cattis. Item ane haill furring of ane clok, the breistis thereof of blak cunyngis

b. Some variety of cloth. Also comb.Cf. ME. and e.m.E. mantell(e, -ill, -le, also Paris mantle, (1410–1582) ‘a kind of woollen cloth, a blanket of this material’. 1561–2 Treas. Acc. XI. 107.
iij½ elnis of manttling to the hois [£1/4/6d.] 1562 Ib. XI. 230.
x elnis of scottis manteling to be ane goune, the elne viij s. 1567 Ib. MS. 275.
xvj elnis of manteling to bowster the samyn [mantles and breeches] 1634 Black Bk. Taymouth xxii.
vi ell of mantling at xl s. the ellcomb. 1576 Edinb. Test. IV. 337 b.
ix elnis of mantling gray price of the eln iiij s.