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Tulat(e, Tulet, n. Also: tuelet, tulȝiet, tolat. [Cf. e.m.E. tyllete (1466), tyllet (1530), OF tellette f. teilete, toilete a wrapper of cloth and 17th c. Eng. toylet (1611), toilet (1662), F. toilette f. toile cloth.] A piece of fabric, ? made into a bag, used for wrapping clothes when in transit. b. ? A smaller bag of the same type. 1538 Treas. Acc. VI 425.
For ane tulet [pr. culet] to the said goune xxx d. 1538 Treas. Acc. VII 86.
vj quartaris of ȝallow bukram to be ane tulate to ane goune of gray dalmes of the kingis grace maid of before, and had to Striveling 1539 Treas. Acc. VII 58.
For four tueletis to put the kingis grace clathis in, xx s. 1539 Treas. Acc. VII 253.
For bukrem to be ane tulat and ane pouche to it 1539 Treas. Acc. VII 188.
For ane tulate to all the saidis claithis, and tursing of thame oure the watter, vj s. viij d. 1541 Treas. Acc. VIII 22.
For ane tulet to thir clathis quhilkis wer deliverit be Thomas Arthuir to the kingis grace in Falkland 1541 Treas. Acc. VIII 42.
For twa tulettis to thir clathis at Ȝule 1541 Treas. Acc. in Crim. Trials I i 318.
For ix elnis blak freis, to lyne the cote … for pointis and ane tolat to turs it to Sanct Johnestoune 1579, 1617 Despauter (1617) 29.
Mantilla, a tulȝietb. 1538 Treas. Acc. VI 398.
Ane tulet [pr. culet] of sewing silk