Sc. Obs. Also vaskene, waskyne, wasqwene. [a. F. vasquine, obs. var. basquine, ad. Sp. basquiña. Cf. BASQUINE.] A petticoat.
1553. Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot., X. 202. Item, half ane elne blak welwote to bordour ane waskyne of quhite dalmes.
1561. Inv. R. Wardr. (1815), 132. Of Doublettis, Vaskenis, and Skirtis. Item, ane doublett of blak velvot and the vaskene of the same.
1567. in Hay Fleming, Mary Q. of Scots (1897), 511. Item to lyne ane vasquine of blak taffatis of the four treid v elle.
[1820. Scott, Abbot, xxxi. I shall endure her presence without any desire to damage either her curch or vasquine.]
