Used (1793, 1805) by Coleridge and Southey: N.E.D.
1825. The sight of their large, flashy buckles; ribbons; leather shoes; and white “boughten” stockings, put on, at such a time; not for comfort, or decency—but for show—this, which provoked Peters to speak of these young women, as he did.—John Neal, ‘Brother Jonathan,’ i. 131.
1825. Where their new brass buckles, or “boughten” finery, would bear the candle-light.—Id., i. 139.
