Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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CLAUT AN(D) CLAY, CLAT —, n.phr. Straw covered with mud and clay and plastered on a wooden framework to form a rough kind of wall. Watson Rxb. W.-B. (1923) gives clat-an'-clay (obsol.) for s.Sc. and Jam.2 gives simply clats. Also used attrib.Edb. 1843 J. Ballantine Gaberlunzie's Wallet xii.:
O ken ye aald Janet's bit hamilt made biggin, The wa's stievely sowther'd wi' gude claut an' clay?Bwk. 1780 Session Papers, Johnston v. Robertson (July) 14:
William Darling also cut some fir trees for putting up a clat and clay chimney.Rxb. a.1860 J. Younger Autobiog. (1881) xx.:
We . . . fitted up the old barn, stable, and byre for dwelling-houses with claut and clay chimneys and partitions.
