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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1803

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CURTAN, n. (See quot.)Highl. 1803 Trans. Highl. Soc. II. 243:
The principal kinds of cloth which are made in the Highlands are . . . and plain milled plaiding termed curtan.

[Cf. Gael. cùirtein, a curtain, cùirteir, plaiding, formed on Eng. curtain (MacBain).]

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