Also 6 lusart, luzard, luserde, 7 luswart. See also LUCERET. [Related to LUCERN; the formation is obscure.] The lynx; chiefly pl. the fur of the lynx.
1530. in Whitaker, Hist. Craven (1812), 305. Item, a pair of white lusarts, 2 l.
1535. Wardr. Acc. Hen. VIII., in Archæologia (1789), IX. 245. A shamewe of blacke printed satten … furred with luzardis.
1550. in Strype, Eccl. Mem., II. xxxiii. 538. Sables and lusards.
1572. in Whitaker, Hist. Craven (1812), 324. A black velvett jackett … faced with luserdes.
1612. Capt. Smith, Proc. Virginia, 33. Some Otters, Beavers, Martins, Luswarts, and sables we found.
