Sc. Obs. Also 6 leit-, let(t)- de-camp, leittacampt, lettgant. [a. F. lit de camp (lit = bed). Cf. Du. ledekant.] A camp-bed. Also attrib. in letacamp-bed.
1494. Ld. Treas. Acc. Scotl. (1877), I. 239. Ane harnes to turss the Kingis letacampbed. Ibid. (1502), (1900), II. 36. Ane pane to the Kingis let-de-camp. Ibid. (1501–2), 134. The leit de camp. Ibid. (1505–6), (1901), III. 46. For ane lett de camp to the King. Ibid. (1530), in Pitcairn, Crim. Trials, I. 273. To cary the Kingis Leittacampt and Stule to the Oist.
1574. Glasgow Burgh Recs. (1876), I. 32. Item, ane lettgant bed furneist witht Flandreis werdour, blancattis [etc.].
