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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Hors-fete, n. pl. Also: feit, feyt (and sing. fute). [ME. horsfet (a 1400), e.m.E. horse foote (1597).] The feet of horses, or a horse. 1375 Barb. ii. 359.
Men mycht haiff seyn … Knychtis … Wnder hors feyt defoulyt thair Ib. xii. 82.
Thar hors fete had ner all away c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 2133.
He … drew him out from the hors feit ?1438 Alex. i. 2709.
He saw his lord … Wnder hors fute defoullit sa c1420 Wynt. i. 782 (W).
Thare are oxin with hornys thre And hors feit 1506 Treas. Acc. III. 358.
To Robert Galloway for wyne to bais the Franch knychtis hors feit 1513 Doug. xi. xvii. 93.
The dynnyng of thar hors feit eik hard he Ib. xii. vi. 77.
Quhil blude and brane … undir hors feit was tred 1538 Lynd. Justing 37.
Amangis his hors feit he brak his speir 15.. Clar. i. 725.
The horse feit dinnit with noyis full loud 1621 Maxwell Mem. I. 327.
For buttir and beir to the hors feit