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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1861, 1927-1938
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CAP-HOUSE, n. comb. (See second quot.)Sc. 1861 C. Innes Sketches early Sc. Hist. 443:
A . . . square keep . . . surmounted by a cap-house.Sc. 1927 W. M. Mackenzie Mediæval Castle in Scot. iv.:
The stair emerged at parapet level under a low, sheltering superstructure known as the cap-house.Fif.1 1938:
There is a cap-house at the top of the St Regulus Tower in St Andrews.
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