† diˈstroublance Obs.
Forms: 5 distroblans, -troybulance, -trublance, 5–6 -troublance, -tribulance.
[f. next + -ance; prob. after a corresponding F. form: cf. the earlier disturblance.]
Disturbance, molestation.
| a 1400 Burgh Laws l. (Sc. Stat. I) Na greyff nor na distroblans [molestia]. c 1425 Wyntoun Cron. viii. xliv. 4 Makand fellown Distroybulance. 1487 Jas. III Let. in C. Innes Sk. Early Sc. Hist. (1861) 393 Mak him nane impediment, letting nor distroublance. 15.. Exam. W. Thorpe in Arb. Garner VI. 80 They..may..be the more fervent [when] that all their outward wits be closed from all outward seeing and hearing, and from all distroublance and lettings. 1572 in Muniments Burgh of Irvine (1891) II. 17 The saidis provest and baillies..sall..cognosce and decerne thair apoun the wrang and distribulance of the burgh. |