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† melote Obs.
Also 6 melotte.
[ad. L. mēlōta, mēlōtē, a. Gr. µηλωτή sheepskin.]
A garment made of skins, worn by monks.
1491Caxton Vitas Patr. (W. de W. 1495) i. xxxvi. 37 b/2 Nexte his flesshe he ware the hayre; and ther upon a vestement of hayre namyd Melote. Ibid. ii. 196 b/2 He asked of them where theyr melotes were; that is to saye theyr habytes made of skynnes that they were wont to be clothed withall. a1529Skelton Col. Cloute 866 Some walke aboute in melottes [cf. Vulg. Hebr. xi. 37 circuierunt in melotis], In gray russet and heery cotes. |