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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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HABULIMENT, n. Sc. form of Eng. habiliment, dress, attire, (military) equipment (Sh. 1956). Also habulziement.Edb. 1773 Fergusson Poems (1925) 89:
In her habuliments a while Ye may your former sel' beguile.
Ayr. 1822 H. Ainslie Pilgrimage 86:
Equipping themselves properly, in their Scottish habulziement, they dismounted.

[See etym. note s.v. Abuilyiements. O.Sc. has similar forms with initial h from 1456.]

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