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Knapscall-bon(n)et, n. Also: knap(p)iscall-, knapskal-, knapschaw-, knapska-, -scha-, knappisca- and -bonat, -bannet. [Knapscall n. b.] a. A bonnet for covering a knapscall. b. Latterly transf. to the whole thing, metal ‘shell’ and bonnet together. = Knapscall n. 1546 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 237.
Ane knapschaw bonat, with ane wther bonnat, price of the pece x ld. 1568 Edinb. Test. (1567–1569) 151.
Ane knapscall bonet price x s. 1577 Ib. V. 130 b.
Tua knapiscall bonettis price of baith xl s. 1590 Ib. XXI. 299.
Thrie knappisca bonnettis price iiij lib. a1595 Descr. Isles 31.
Thir haill Iles abovewritten … quhairof … 2000 men aucht and suld be cled with actounes & haberschounis, & knapskal bannetts, as thair lawis beir 1600 Crim. Trials II. 158.
My Lord, … with tua drawin suordis in his hand, a knappiscall bonat on his heid 1605 Ib. 475.
With suordis, knapska-bonnettis, lances [etc.] 1647 Edinb. Test. LXIII. 50 b.
Ane sword ane hagbitt with ane knapscha bonnet
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