caster n.1
(UK Und.) a cloak.
Caveat for Common Cursetours in Viles & Furnivall (1907) 82: a caster, a cloke. | ||
Groundworke of Conny-catching n.p.: [as cit. c.1566]. | ||
Martin Mark-all 42: My Caster and Commission shall serue us both to maund. | ||
Eng. Villainies (8th edn) O2: Though I no Caster wore, nor Commission, no nor slate. | Canting Song in||
Eng. Villainies (9th edn). | Canters Dict.||
Academy of Armory Ch. iii item 68c: Canting Terms used by Beggars, Vagabonds, Cheaters, Cripples and Bedlams. [...] Caster, a Cloak. | ||
Dict. Canting Crew. | ||
New Canting Dict. | ||
, , , | Universal Etym. Eng. Dict. | |
Life and Adventures. | ||
, , | Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue. | |
Lex. Balatronicum. | ||
Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue. | ||
Bk of Sports 199: Neal [...] gently dropped his caster within the ropes. | ||
Bell’s Life in Sydney 6 Sept. 4/3: Bungaree walked quietly to the edge of the ring, and threw in his caster, immediately after introducing his own person between the ropes. | ||
New and Improved Flash Dict. | ||
Vocabulum. |