Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1795-1839
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†GAINSHOT(T), n. Also ginshot; genshot (Ags. 1848 Edb. Ev. Courant (9 Oct.)). See first quot.Ags. 1795 Session Papers, Arbuthnott v. Scott (11 March) 230:
The gainshots were likewise carried off by the same speat: that, by gainshot, he means the cover or lintel of the intake, whether such gainshot be of stone or wood.Ags. 1839 D. D. Black Hist. Brechin vii.:
The Little Mill was utterly demolished, and the stones of it taken to repair the gainshott or ginshot as it is sometimes called — the wall which defends the north-west side of the Inch.
