† ˈrubbour north. and Sc. Obs.
Also 4 robbour (?), 6 rowbour, 6–7 rubber.
[Of obscure origin.]
A cask or keg.
| 1362–3 Durh. Acct. Rolls 178 In uno pari de Rebbours [? read Robbours] de novo fact. cum ligatur. earundem. 1404 Ibid. 397 In..ij par' de rubbours, j par de costrell, j par de magnis flaketis. |
| 1492 Acta Dom. Conc. (1839) 280, x merkis for certane panȝell crelis & Rubbouris. 1494 Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. I. 252 Item, for ane rubbour to the ter, xiiij d. 1501 Ibid. II. 44 For vj gallonis thre pointis Ryns wyne send to Ternway and for rubbouris to the samyn and carying of it,..iij li. vij s. 1504 Ibid. 430 Item, for iiij rubbouris to put powder in..viij s. 1552 Lyndesay Monarche 2224 Sax gret Rowbouris [v.r. rubbouris] of wycht wyne. 1597 D. Wedderburn Compt Buik (S.H.S.) 87 The fynest wynes in rubberis or fyn Muskedallis. 1608 Ibid. 117 James Myln in Elgyn hes my flacon or rubber to fill with aquavitie. |