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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

‡BUTTLIN, n.1 A parapet. Given by Cai.7 1937 as obsol.wm.Sc. 1835–1837 Laird of Logan (1868) 321:
I never had ony great liking to speel up to the heichest buttlins, for a bodie's head is apt to get licht at that extraordinar altitude.

[O.Sc. battaling, batlein, battlements. 1375 (D.O.S.T.).]

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