Middle English Dictionary Entry
ǧait n.
Entry Info
Forms | ǧait n. |
Etymology | Cp. Scot. ǧeit band or border on a garment. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A band or border on cloth.
Associated quotations
- (1433) Will York in Sur.Soc.3050 : Duas pelves parvas rotundas pro camera, sex qwysshyns de gaitez.
- (1444) Will York in Sur.Soc.3099 : Item lego..qwissyngges clothes cum gaytes de arras werke cum duobus banqquers rubeis et nigris.