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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1611-1692
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Drapdeberry, -berrie, n. Also: drab(e)de-, dragdu-, drapte-, drapta-, drop(p)de-; drapdeburrie. [e.m.E. droppe du Berry (1619), drape-, drabdeberry, etc., F. drap de Berry.] A kind of woollen cloth made in Berry. 1611 Edinburgh Testaments XLVI. 253 b.
Aucht elnes of dragdu berrie at sex pund the elne 1620 Ib. L. 353.
Sexteine elnis halff elne drap deburrie at aucht pundis the elne 1624 Ib. LII. 237.
xiij ellis of drabedeberrie at vij l. the eln 1632 Ib. LV. 255.
Thrie eins of droppde berrie at thrie pundis the eln 1643 Ib. LX. 293 b.
Auchtene ellis … drapdeberrie at x merkis the ell 1645 Aberd. B. Rec. IV. 39.
That they sould furnish … so muche dropdeberry, London cloth, taffatie and vther furnitur 1681 Thanes of Cawdor 354.
3¼ [ells] drapteberrie, … drapteberry cull[orit] cloath 1692 Foulis Acc. Bk. 151.
5 ell draptaberrie cloath to be me a cloack
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