jan 1, 1462 - dosser

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An ornamental cloth used to cover the back of a seat, especially a throne or chair of state, or a chair in the chancel of a church. 1342 <i>Item lego unum doser decem ulnarum ad ponendum circa altare in choro</i>, Yarm (SS4/4); 1389 <i>a couerlyd ... a docer & a new bancqwer & ij Cochyns</i>, York (SS4/129); 1408 <i>‘a coloured back-cloth [doser stenyd]’</i>, York (SS186/43); 1432 <i>a rede docer with a banquere and all the whisshyns</i>, Scarborough (SS30/22); 1462 <i>a bolster, a cod, a coverlet, a dosser</i>, Walne (SS30/262).

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