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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Fut(e)-schete, n. Also: fut-scheyt. [ME. foote sheete (1494), fote-schete (c 1440).] A bath-sheet. — 1456 Hay II. 143/35.
[To have] his fete and his handis [rubbed] … with a faire lynnyn towale, apon a fair fut schete 1473–4 Treas. Acc. I. 24.
iiij elne of braid clath for a fute schete to the King 1489 Ib. 151.
For vj elne of smal braid clayth to be fut scheytis
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