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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bancour, n. Also: bankour, -ure; bancoir, bankor, banquhoir; banker; bankware, -var. [ME. banker (1311). also bankqwer, bankewere (1483), e.m.E. banckwarre (16th c.), OF. banquier, bankier, f. banc bench.] A covering for a bench or seat. (See also Bonker.)(a) c1450-2 Howlat 672.
Braid burdis and benkis, ourbeld with bancouris of gold a1500 Rauf C. 683.
Bricht bancouris about browdin ouir all a1500 Henr. Test. Cress. 417.
Quhair is thy chalmer … With burely bed and bankouris [B. bankers] browderit bene 1493 Acta Conc. 315/1.
A pare of ffustiane blankatis, a bankure, four cuschingis 1519 Reg. Episc. Aberd. II. 176.
Ane ald rifin bancour with ankirris 1549 Ib. 196.
Ane banquhoir of tanne veluat … vith bischeip Gauinis armis in v places 1563 Montgomery Mem. 1197.
Ane cled bancoir at the hiebuird 1583 Edinb. D. Guild Acc. 175.
The bankores at the est end of the kirk quhilk was lows(b) 1493 Halyb. 10.
Bocht in Bery … a bankvar of 12 ellis 1498–9 Acta Conc. II. 297.
Ane bankware, a pair of vallanse