reˈdubber Obs. exc. Hist.
Also -our, -or.
[ad. AF. redubbour, redobeour (Britton), agent-n. f. redubber to redub. App. never actually current as an Eng. word.]
(See quots.)
| [1284 Act 12 Edw. I (Stat. Wallie) c. 4 De Redobatoribus [v.r. Redubatoribus] pannorum furatorum, eos in novam formam redigentibus et veterem mutantibus. 1292 Britton i. xxx. §3 De redubbours achatauntz a escient dras emblez, et les attirent en autre fourme.] |
| 1616 Bullokar Eng. Expos., Redobbour, he that wittengly buieth stollen cloth, and turneth it into some other fashion. 1656 Blount Glossogr., Redubbours, are those that buy cloth, which they know to be stoln, and turn it into some other form or fashion. 1704 J. Harris Lex. Techn. I, Redubbor. 1823 Crabb Technol. Dict., Redubber. 1865 Nichols Britton I. 83 note, It is forbidden that any redubber of clothes..shall dwell elsewhere than in cities or boroughs. |