bocasin
(ˈbɒkəsɪn)
Also 5 bokesy, 6–7 boccasin(e.
[a. Sp. bocac{iacu} cotton stuff used for lining, (also of its Fr. form boccasin (Cotgr.), now boucassin), a. Turk. bōḥāsī or bōghāsī cotton cloth (Kieffer el Bianchi).]
‘A kind of fine Buckeram, that hath a resemblance of taffata, and is much used for lining.’ Cotgr.
| 1485 Inv. in Ripon Ch. Acts 366, viij ulnæ de blakke bokesye . una toga lyned cum bokesy. 1611 Cotgr., Boccasin, Boccasin. 1714 French Bk. Rates 36 Boucasin-stuff per Piece of 12 Ells. 1721 Bailey, Boccasine, fine Buckram, a sort of Linen Cloth. 1755 Johnson, Bocasine [as in Bailey]; and in later Dicts. |