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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1515
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Tumblet, n. (? ME and e.m.E. tonlet (15th c.), tunlet (1547) the large conical skirts of plate worn by foot soldiers.) — 1515 Acta Conc. Publ. Aff. 59.
Thre pair of tumbletis for fute … tua pair of wambrasis [etc.]
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