north. Obs. [Of obscure origin; cf. KELT2. Ir. and Gaelic cealtar prob. from Eng.]

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  1.  A coarse cloth used for outer garments. Chiefly attrib.

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1502.  Ld. Treas. Acc. Scot. (1900), II. 198. For making of ane cote of kelter. Ibid. (1505), III. 38. For ane blak keltir cote to the King.

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1543.  Richmond Wills (Surtees), 39. I gyue and beqwethe to Henry Warryner a kelter jacket.

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? 16[?].  Lord of Lorn, in Roxb. Ball. (1873), II. 350. He put him on an old Kelter coat, And Hose of the same above the knee.

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  2.  A garment made of this cloth.

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1562.  Richmond Wills (Surtees), 152. v kelters and a blakene xliiijs.

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1580.  Inv. T. Wilson, Kendal (Somerset Ho.). A Romeland keltar.

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  Hence Keltering vbl. sb., ? lining with kelter.

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1507.  Ld. Treas. Acc. Scot. (1901), III. 254. Item, for vj elne Rislis blak to be an cote to the King … vjli. Item, for keltering of it … iijs.

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