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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Habille-, Habilliment, n. Also: habbille-. (e.m.E. habilli-, late ME. habyly-, habillement (Caxton).] = Habillȝement n. — c1550 Rolland Ct. Venus ii. 130.
For to descriue thair honest ornament, Thair riche array and thair habillement 1570 6th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. 651/2.
Thair wes … nathing but your ladischippis habbillementis. … conform to that inwentarye 1588 Treas. Acc. MS. 107 b.
To … his hienes foster sister for bying hir certane habillementis 1604 Ib. (1604–6) 42.
For fassoning of hir habillementis and making of sum furnessing thairto — 1483 (c1580) Edinb. B. Rec. I. 48.
That euery man brekar of thir forwrittin statutis … pay viij s. to the … habillimentis (orig. ornamentis] of thair altar
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