everlasting (1 cf. Gent. V. iv. 81; 2 cf. ‘I would . . . get mee an euerlasting robe, . . . and turne Serieant,’ Fletcher ‘Woman Hater’ IV. ii.)
1.
“the Everlasting,” God,
Ham. I. ii. 131.
2.
material used in
16th-17th cent. for the dress of sergeants and
catchpoles, app. identical with ‘durance’
Err. IV. ii. 33
“ garment”
=‘robe of DURANCE’, the
sergeant's buff jerkin.
