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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1504-1507
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Pelat, n. [Appar. Sc. form corresp. to late ME. and e.m.E. palet (c 1450), pallet (1513), ME. pailet, paylet (Chaucer): cf. mod. F. dial. paillet bundle of straw, and AF. paillete straw, f. paille straw. Cf. Palȝet n.] A straw mattress or straw bed. Also comb. with -case. — 1504–5 Treasurer's Accounts III. 35.
For xij elne cammes to be ane pelat and ane bag of stuff 1505 Ib. 150.
For stra to the quenis pelat, xij d. 1506–7 Ib. 276. — 1506 Treasurer's Accounts III. 48.
For xx elne cammes to be tua pelat cases
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