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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1473-1505, 1557-1591
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Quhit(e)-ledder, -ir, n. Also: quhyte-, wait-. [ME and e.m.E. witleȝtr (1366–7), whyȝt ledyr (c1440), whitlether (1487–8), white- (1519). Cf. Quhite adj. 1 b.] White leather; a skin of this. Also attrib. 1473–4 Treasurer's Accounts I 34.
To by quhite ledder to bind the furring of thre gownis to the qwene 1503 Ib. II 237. 1505 Ib. III 43.
For ij skinnis of quhit leddir to the ermyngis of the quenis goun 1557 Exchequer Rolls XIX 2.
Quhiteleddir 1580 Ib. XXI 3. 1585 Edinb. Hammermen III 40.
Libertie & licence … to mak belting beltis & surde (sic) beltis of quhyte ledder allanerlieattrib. 1574 Edinburgh Testaments III 143.
Quhite ledder dog leischis 1574 Ib. 143b.
Scheip ledder gluiffis price of the dosane vij s. … quhite ledder gluiffis price of the dosane vj s. 1591 Fam. Rose 280.
Ane quhyte ledder purs 1591 Thanes of Cawdor 205.
For ane pair of wait ledder schone
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