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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Cordon, Cordoun, n. Also: cordown, co(i)rden. [F. cordon, f. corde Cord n.] An ornamental cord or braid as an attachment to apparel, etc.(a) 1561 Inv. Q. Mary 35.
Twa coveringis of holane claith steickit … ane … with a cordoun of gold vpoun the sticking 1562–3 Treas. Acc. XI. 237.
xj unce of cordownis of pittie cure 1579 Inv. Wardrobe 278.
Ane cordoun of bonnet with peirlis, rubeis, and amoreidis 1584 Edinb. Test. XIV. 132 b.
Ane pund … satyne pasmentis & cordounes reid crammosie 1593 Lennox Mun. 463.
Ony clething … that salbe ony wys begaried, … with ony kind of pasimentis, … cordownis, or frenȝeis of gold 1606 Crim. Trials II. 508.
Ane pair of broun veluet breikis, wrocht with cordounis of gold(b) 1566 Treas. Acc. MS. 54.
iiij vnce of cordonis of siluer 1567 Ib. 58.
viij vnce of siluer cordonis to browder the kingis maiesteis incarnat cote 1578 Inv. Wardrobe 219.
[A gown with] lang slevis with silver pasmentis and small cordonis of silvir and blew silk 1584 Edinb. Test. XIV. 132 b.
Ane pund … gray cordones vnluggit 1589 12th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. viii. 105.
Tua vnce … of blak cordones of silk and blak silk 1629 Boyd Last B. (1629) 960.
What are such cuts and cordons, silkes and satins, … but infallible tokens of an unsanctified heart?(c) 1575 Edinb. Test. III. 352.
Ane pund of blak cordenis 1606 Tailor's Acc. Bk. 51.
Twa coirdenes to gang about the same twa hattis