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Quirboilly

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) Leather softened by boiling so as to take any required shape. Upon drying, it becomes exceedingly hard, and hence was formerly used for armor.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Quirboilly'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​q/quirboilly.html. 1828.