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Gillet, Gillot, Gillat, n. Also: gilet, gyl(l)at. [Of obscure origin; possibly from the female name Gill.] A mare.(a) a1400 Leg. S. xxxii. 110.
Be his nygramancy He wald wirk mony ferly, As to gere a woman apere As scho ane wgly gillet were a1500 Henr. Fab. 890.
The jolie gillet [1630 gilet], and the gentill steid c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxi. 3.
Quhy sould not palfrayis thane be prowd, Quhen gillettis wilbe schomd and schroud? 1563 Prot. Bk. J. Robeson 14.
Thre gillettis, price of the pece iij li. x s.(b) 14.. Acts I. 68/2.
The forfalt … of a thayn, vj ky and a gillot 1471 Acta Aud. 16/1.
Thre ȝung nolt and a gillot 1489 Ib. 137/1.
Twa gillotis, price of the pece, xxx s. 1494 Acta Conc. 321.
[A] gillot with sadill and ryding gere price v crovnis c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 114.
He feppillis like a farcy aver, that flyrit on a gillot [M. gylat] 1522 Dunferm. B. Rec. 209.
Ane gillot of twa ȝeir ald(c) 1521 Fife Sheriff Ct. 217.
Thomas Wod inditit … for the thyftwis steling … of ane hors, and als of ane gyllat c1500 Rowll Cursing 182 (M).
Sum on ane mule, sum on a meir, … Sum on gillattis just up creilis 1624 Orkney & Zetl. Test. I. iii.
Ane gillat staig of tua ȝeir ald 1530 Orkn. & Shet. Rec. 256.
Ane gillat, and ane horse foill