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Letacamp, Lit(t)e-, Lit(t)icamp, n. Also: letta-, lete-, leti-, leitta-, lytta-, lyte-, lity-, litie-, litucamp(e, leta-, leitta-, litte-, lit(t)i-, litucampt, letacame, letycamb. [Assimilated var. of Let-de-camp. Cf. also Lit(t)icant and Litillcamp.] A camp-bed, a type of bed which could be dismantled for transportation.Also (? earlier) called a tursing (= trussing) bed.(a) 1529 Treas. Acc. V. 368.
Twa pund … of silk for the Kingis letacampt 1537 Ib. VI. 338.
Four elnis thre quarteris of gray, … to be hoissing to the Kingis standerttis of his lettacamp 1545 Reg. Great S. 733/2.
2 letacampis [infra lecta vehatilia], ane of dames ane uthir of violet tafiteis frinȝeit with gold [£140] 1562 Will Agnes Betoun.
Ane bed of ayk three letycambis(b) 1529 Treas. Acc. V. 371.
For tua lang malis with four lang brassis to thame to cary the Kingis leittacampt … to the oist(c) 1538 Treas. Acc.VII. 12.
Twa grete kow hidis to put the treis of the said littecamp in, the gidder witht twa lang furreons and twa cofferis to put the graith pertenyng to the said littecamp Ib. 22.
ix elnis of taffateis tp be the Kingis grace ane round littecamp in the schip xviij cronis 1538–9 Ib. 138.
Twa malis of ledder to bere the liticamp oftre 1562 6th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. 648/2.
An fixt bede of aik with ane litucampt of aik and ane stule 1630 Bamff Chart. 223.
Ane aiken bed in the upper chamber with ane litie camp

b. Commonly (and earlier) comb. with -bed.(a) 1494 Treas. Acc. I. 239.
Gevin for the making of ane harnes to turs the Kingis letacampbed 1495 Ib. 242. 1529 Ib. V. 370.
Deliverit … for the Kingis grace thre letacampt beddis, ane in Striveling, ane in Edinburgh, the thrid in the wardrop of Edinburgh 1539 Ib. VII. 267.
Leticamp beddis 1539 Ex. Processes (Reg. H.) No. x. Scott v. Scott & McDowall.
Ane pair of cofferis with ane letecamp bed price x li. 1542 Acts & Decr. I. 140 b.
Ane letacame bed carvit werk knoppit with gold 1565 Prot. Bk. G. Grote (S.R.S.) 68.
Ane leticampe bed that standis in my balk schalmer(b) 1538–9 Treas. Acc. VII. 129.
For putting in twa gabellis and mending of thame, of the malis to turs the liticamp beddis Ib. 137.
To the tapischare to pay ane wricht for ane liticamp bed to thame [sc. two gentlewomen] to turs about with the Quenys grace iij li. 1539 Ib. 203.
Thair liticampt beddis and malis 1541 Ib. 473.
The Kingis litticampt beddis 1547 Ib. IX. 84.
Lyttacampe bed 1548 Ib. 194.
For ane lyte camp bed 1556 Prot. Bk. G. Grote 12.
Liticampt bed of fir to x s. 1562 6th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. 648/2.
In the ouer chalmer … ane litucamp bed 1565 Prot. Bk. J. Scott MS. 25.
Ane small liticampe bed 1622 Wedderb. Compt Bk. 54.
A lite camp bed of aik with my father and motheris armes thairon with vj peces of a bodom

c. Attrib. with -coffer. 1527 Treas. Acc. V. 304.
ij lokkis to letacamp cofferis