1704 No. 4062/8 A Pattern-Suit, to contain Five Yards of Cloth, dark~grey..; a Pattern-Shirt..; a Pattern Hat.
1779 G. Washington Let. 23 Jan. in J. C. Fitzpatrick (1931) 41 I could even wish that Congress were to..give each State Cloathier a pattern suit and order him not to deviate from it in the smallest degree.