† Vandelas

Obs. Forms: 6 vandelas, 7 -alas, -olose, -ulose. [See def.] A kind of strong coarse canvas, used esp. for sails, manufactured in the district of Brittany formerly called Le Vendelais.

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1571. in Feuillerat, Revels Q. Eliz. (1908), 137. For vandelas lxvij ells di.—lxvij^s vj^d. Ibid. (1572), 167. For xx^tle peeces of Vandelas to cover the Banketting howse.

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1612. Ledger A. Halyburton (1867), 319. Vandolose or Vitrie canyes the eln, x s.

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1640. in Entick, London (1766), II. 167. Linnens,… narrow vandales, or vittry canvas.

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1657. Acts of Interregn. (1911), II. 1213. Vandalose or Vittry Canvas.

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