Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1715-1763, 1844
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†CATBAND, CATTBAND, n.
1. An iron bar for making fast a door or gate; “the strong hook, used on the inside of a door or gate, which being fixed to the wall, keeps it shut” (Jam.).Sc. 1844 H. Stephens Book of the Farm I. 140:
One of the folds [of the door] to be fastened in the inside with an iron cat-band, and the other provided with a good lock and key.Ayr. 1763 Ayr Presb. Reg. MS. (19 July):
To two leafed backed Doors with wooden frames - two pair of Hinges two Bolts, & a Cat Band.
2. “A chain drawn across a street, for defence in time of war” (Sc. 1825 Jam.2).Abd. 1715 Abd. Burgh Records (1872) II. 352:
They . . . recomended to the magistrates . . . to plant cannon round the toun at the most convenient places, and putt on iron cattbands.
