Obs. rare. (See quot.)
1352–98. [in Rogers, Agric. & Prices (1866), I. xxii. 580. We find purchases of silk on behalf of the warden of Merton. These purchases are called ‘beckets’ or ‘begens.’ Three begens or beckets were equal in quantity and price to the amount ordinarily used for lining the summer robes of a great person.]
