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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1565, 1631-1635
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S(c)hapro(u)n(e, n. [ME and e.m.E. chaperon (Wyclif), chapron (1605), shaparowne (1619), F. chaperon a hood.] A hood. — 1565 Treasurer's Accounts XI 418.
Weluote to be ane schaprone 1631 Paterson Ayr & Wigton II 351.
Ane satin schaproune 1635 Balfour Her. Tracts 120.
Sattin to be a shapron for the head pice
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