Undercloth

(UNDER-¹ 5 b. Cf. MDu. ondercleet, Du. -kleed; MHG. underkleit, G. unterkleid.)

c. 1440.  Promp. Parv., 511/1. Vnder clothe, of a bedde, lodix.

1452.  Maldon (Essex) Court Rolls, Bundle 31, No. 2’ (MS). An olde materas, two pilewys, A vnder clothe of old towylle.

1532–3.  Durham Househ. Bk. (Surtees), 157. 16 ulnæ pro 2 mappis vocatis underclothez pro tabula domini.

1552–3.  Inv. Ch. Goods, Staffs. It[e]m ij underclothes for alters, on cope, ij corporases with a case.

1570.  Bury Wills (Camden), 156. One bed … withe a vnderclothe, and my best coverlet.