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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Window claith, Winno claith, n. Also: windo-, wyndo-, wyndou-, vyndu-, wondow-, vondo-, wonnow- and -cla(i)th, -clayth(t. [Late ME and e.m.E. wyndowclath (1404), wynew cloth (1552), winnow cloth (1608).] A winnowing sheet.(a) 1374 Coldingham Priory lxxvi.
In torali j hayr, j vynduclath, v sacci 1546 Ex. Processes (Reg. H.) Merschell v. Muire.
Tua wyndo claithis of tueild hardin 1546–7 Reg. Great S. 20/2 n.
Ane windo clath contenand 12 ellis, 15 s. 1563 Dumfries B. Ct. 223a.
Ane wyndoclayth contenand ten ells 1570 Prestwick B. Rec. 72.
Ane wyndou clayth ij sekis, price xiiij s. iiij d. 1573 Selkirk B. Ct. MS 10 Feb.
To restore the wyndoclayth or avole thereof 1593 Edinb. Test. XXV 133a.
Scho leuis to hir dochter Jonet … hir best window claith the baikstule the trouch [etc.] 1597 Edinb. Test. XXX 76b.
He left to … his sone ane paire of scheittis ane windoclaytht and ane blankett(b) 1516 Craig-Brown Selkirkshire II 30.
Heirschip goods … wondow claith, … a nox-bed, … a quhythalc 1533–4 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 136.
In airschip … ane irne speit with ane rak, ane chandler, ane vondoclath, ane sek(c) 1588–9 Glasgow B. Rec. I 129.
Ane wonnow clayth, ane seif, ane sek, ane riddill(d) 1625 Edinb. Test. LIII 114a.
Tua winno claithis pryce of baithe iij li.