Sc. [f. COD sb.2 + WARE sb.] A pillow-case. (Sc. and north. dial.)
c. 1488[?]. in Ld. Treas. Acc. Scotl., I. 151. Thre elne and a half of smal braide clayth to be cod wayris to the King.
1530. Inv., in Nugæ Derelictæ (1880), x. 9. Item vj codds wt iiij codwaris.
1562. Wills & Inv. N. C. (1835), 206. iiijor coddwayeres & four towells.
1676. Galston Kirk Sess. Rec., in Old Ch. Life Scotl. (1885), 139. Two napkins and linen to be a codware to keep them in.