† trailye, ˈtrailȝe Sc. Obs.
Also 5 trelȝe, 5–6 treilȝe, 6 treilie.
[app. a. OF. treillis, var. of treslis, trelis, treslie, tresli, ‘tissu à maille’, net-work; cf. mod.F. treillis glazed calico, also sack-cloth; but the Sc. word was evidently applied to some finer fabric.]
A kind of cloth. (See also trellis n.1) Also attrib.
| 1490 Acta Dom. Concil. (1839) 158/1 Þat James Du..sall..pay to Dauid Quhitehed..five stikkis of trelȝe of sindry hewis. 1495 Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. I. 226 Item, vj quarteris of quhit treilȝe..to be the King a harnes doublet. 1503 Ibid. II. 312 For ane maid doublat of trailȝe to him, vij s. vj d. 1507–8 Ibid. IV. 30 For ix½ elne blew trailȝe to be ane couch to the Quene. 1517 Ibid. V. 116 Blak trailȝe. 1542 Inv. Roy. Wardr. (1815) 92 Ane doublet of blak sating trailye. 1543 Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. VIII. 232 Fyve quarteris trailȝe to be his grace ane pair of sockis. 1566–7 Mary's mourning-order at death of Darnley in Chalmers Mary (1818) I. 207 Of treilie buccharem v elle. |