A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1513-1576, 1629-1689
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]
Bleching, Blei(t)ching, vbl. n. Also: blachin, blecheing, -yng, bleachin, ble(e)tching. [e.m.E. bleachynge (1552).] Bleaching of cloth. 1513–14 Rentale Dunkeld. fol. 185 b.
In lie blachin de septem duodenis et quinque vlnis panni linej 1552 Glasgow Test. I. 94.
To Jonet Cwnyngham for webbis blecheyng 1576 Edinburgh Testaments IV. 337 b.
Thrie peces of lynning claith quhilk he hes in blecheing 1629 Ann. Banff II. 250.
The bleitching of claithe … at the water mouth of Doverne 1639 Acts V. 597/1.
Act discharging the bleitching of linning cloth with lyme 1661 Melrose R. Rec. I. 338.
He promitted to pay 8 lib. for bygone cloath bletching 1689 Peebles B. Rec. II. 132.
The frequent abuses committed upon the Lords day by … laying out cloath to the bleichingattrib. 1661 Proceedings of Society of Antiquaries XXII. 251.
At the bleachin grien hard by the toune of Forfar
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Bleching vbl. n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 5 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/bleching>
