north. Forms: 4 wambtoue, 5 -tow, 4 wamb(e)towe, waimto, wamtow, wametoue, 6 wayme-, 5– wametow. [f. WAME + TOW sb.2] A girth or belly-band for a horse.

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c. 1310.  Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees), 511. Empt… 8 Wambtoues et Rigtoues. Ibid. (1337–38), 34. In emendacione … Wambtowes, vidz. 2 webbs pro cingulis.

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1411.  Priory of Finchale (Surtees), p. clvii. ij wametowes.

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1663.  Depos. Cast. York (Surtees), 100. Another … did theareupon cutt the wametow and tooke off the pack cloaths.

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1846.  Brockett, N. C. Gloss. (ed. 3), Wame-towe.

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1894.  Northumbld. Gloss, Wametow, a belly-band or girth.

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  attrib.  1395.  Cartul. Abb. de Whiteby (Surtees), 614. Pro iiij pese de Waimto webs, xx.d. Item pro ij dosan wamtow schafts, ij.s.

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1536–37.  Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees), 697. Pro … 1 dd. wametowshaftes ad 2d., 2s.

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