† mandill Obs.
Also 7 mandell, mandle.
[a. F. mandil (15–16th c., now mandille), a. Sp., Pg. mandil (cf. Pr. mandil-s table-cloth), a. Arab. mandīl: see mandil.]
A loose coat or overcoat.
| 1579 Inv. R. Wardr. (1815) 281 Ane pair of breikis of blew velvott with ane mandill thairto broderit with gold. 1661 A. Haig Acc. in J. Russell Haigs (1881) 471 A suett of cloeths, with a mandell. 1662 Ibid. 472 For making a mandle sute and furnertur. |