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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Clathing, Claithing, n. [Northern ME. clathing, early ME. claþing (Orm), midl. and southern clothing. Cf. Clething n.] a. Clothing, dress. b. A wooden lining or covering.a. 14.. Acts I. 28/2.
The clathing sall be of a hew grysande or quhyte 1565 Rec. Earld. Orkney 278.
Sustening me … sufficiently in meit, drink, and clathing 1622-6 Bisset I. 45/4.
Twa horsmen sall pas befoir him, … the ane arrayed in his best claithingb. 1513 Treas. Acc. IV. 483.
To iiij sawaris sawand dalis for the clathing of the powpet of the greit schip