jan 1, 1549 - corse
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A ribbon of silk or other material which served as a ground for ornamentation of a girdle, with embroidery or metalwork (OED). 1543 <i>my best girdle harnessed with a rede corse and xxxiiij stothes of siluer and gilte</i>, Adel (Th19/84); 1549 <i>unto ... my sonne one corse of siluer</i>, Leeds (Th19/169).
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