dial. Sc. [According to Jamieson f. F. courte short, and housse ‘a short mantle of course cloth worne in all weather by countrey women about their head and shoulders’ (Cotgr.). Du Cange has houcia curta of date 1360.]
A kind of ‘bed-gown’ worn by working women in parts of Scotland, e.g., Fife. (Jamieson.)
