Sc. Obs. Also 5 trelȝe, 5–6 treilȝe, 6 treilie. [app. a. OF. treillis, var. of treslis, trelis, treslie, tresli, ‘tissu à maille,’ network; cf. mod.F. treillis glazed calico, also sackcloth; but the Sc. word was evidently applied to some finer fabric.] A kind of cloth. (See also TRELLIS sb.1) Also attrib.

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1490.  Acta Dom. Concil. (1839), 158/1. Þat James Du … sall … pay to Dauid Quhitehed … five stikkis of trelȝe of sindry hewis.

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1495.  Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot., I. 226. Item, vj quarteris of quhit treilȝe … to be the King a harnes doublet. Ibid. (1503), II. 312. For ane maid doublat of trailȝe to him, vij s. vj d. Ibid. (1507–8), IV. 30. For ix1/2 elne blew trailȝe to be ane couch to the Quene. Ibid. (1517), V. 116. Blak trailȝe.

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1542.  Inv. Roy. Wardr. (1815), 92. Ane doublet of blak sating trailye.

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1543.  Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot., VIII. 232. Fyve quarteris trailȝe to be his grace ane pair of sockis.

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1566–7.  Mary’s mourning-order at death of Darnley, in Chalmers, Mary (1818), I. 207. Of treilie buccharem v elle.

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