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Plenschour-, Plenschir-, Plens(c)her-nail(l, Plensiour-nale, n. Also: plenscheur-, plencho(u)r-, plencheou(a)r-, plentorn-, pleincheour-, plenshire-, -scheir(e)-, (pleischeir-), plencher-, pleancher-, plensar- and -naul(e; and plenscheouris-naill. [Cf. Plans(c)hour-nail(l n. and OF. plenchier floor, ceiling. Also in the mod. dial. as plencher nail. Cf. Plencheo(u)n-nail(l n. (and Plenshour n.).] A planking-nail.(a) 1555–6 Edinb. Old Acc. I. 184.
For ane hundreth plenchor nalis to the barrowis xvj d. 1573–4 Day Bk. J. Kyle 3 b.
For ane hunder plenchour naillis 1576 M. Works Acc. (ed.) I. 301.
For ane hunder plencheouar [ed. plencheonar] nalis 1585 Elphinstoun Mun. 23.
Tua hundreth plenscheouris naillis 1591 Edinb. D. Guild Acc. 438.
Half ane hunder plenschour naill to naill on the lathing 1607–8 Glasg. Univ. Mun. III. 557.
Plenchour [ed. plenthour] naillis 1618 Linlithgow Palace 338.
Plenscheur nailles 1626 Glasgow Trades House 113.
Plencheour naills 1653 Sc. N. & Q. I. 174.
Plentorn nails(b) 1555–6 Edinb. Old Acc. I. 182.
For ij^c pleincheour naill v s. Item for ij^c dur naill ij s.(c) 1555–6 Edinb. Old Acc. I. 182.
For ij^c plenschir naill v s. 1611 M. Works Acc. (ed.) I. 339.
Plenshire naills 1615 Ib. 359.
Plenscheire naillis Ib. 366.
For tua thousand naillis the ane flowring naillis and the uther plenscheir naillis 1615–6 Ib. MS. XI. 52 b.
Ane thousand pleischeir [sic] naillis(d) 1636 Kirkcaldy Presb. 103.
For thrie hundreth plencher naules 24 sh. 1641 Ib. 205.
[250] door nauls 10 sh., [2450] plencher nauls at [6 s. 8 d.] the hundreth 1650 Stirling B. Rec. II. 303.
For 200 flooring and 100 plenscher naillis 1672 Dunferm. Coal Acc. 12 b.
For a quarter hundereth plensher naills 1691 Sheriffhall Coal Accompt.
Pleancher naill 1700 Foulis Acc. Bk. 276.
For 300 plencher naills(e) 1574–5 Haddington Treas. Acc. 5.
Fowrskoir plensar naillis to the kirk dur 1579 M. Works Acc. (ed.) I. 304.
Plensiour nalis