hostelar
Also -ilar, -illar.
Sc. form of hostellary, hostelry.
(The 15th c. instances may be plurals of hostelarie.)
| 1424 Sc. Acts Jas. I §25 (1814) II. 6/2 Þ{supt} in all burrowis townys..þar be ordanyt hostilaris and resettis haifande stabillis and chawmeris to ridaris and gangaris. 1425 Ibid. §11 (1814) II. 10/1 Þe king..forbids þat ony liege man..herbery or luge þaim in ony vthir place bot in þe hostelaris forsaide. 1819 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd (1827) 125 Spers'd about in search o' beds Throu' houses, hostillars, and sheds. |