† Rowan3 Sc. Obs.
In 5–6 Rowane (-nis).
App. the place-name Rouen (cf. roan n.3), used attrib. to designate various kinds of cloth.
| 1488 Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. I. 153 For ij elne j quartar of Rowane gray for a gowne to the Duke. 1494 Ibid. 231 To Robert Lundye and the ȝong Lard of Ardross, vij ellis of Rowane tanne. 1500 Halyburton Ledger (1867) 260, 5 ell of Rowanis clath to be hym a gon. 1502 in Pitcairn Crim. Trials I. *29 Unius toge de Rowane-tanne. |