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surnap Obs. exc. Hist.
Also -nape.
[a. AF., OF. sur-, sournap(p)e, f. sur- sur- + nape table-cloth, nape n.2]
A towel or napkin provided at table for use when washing the hands.
1381–2Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 592 Pro surnape pro tabul. d'ni Prioris. 1478in Illustr. Anc. State & Chivalry (Roxb.) 31 After the surnapp made. 1554Ibid. 54 The surnape wt drawen, then the[y] whashed. a1548Hall Chron., Hen. VIII, 4 b, After the Surnap laied, and that the kynges grace, & the Quene had wasshed.
[1802Mrs. Radcliffe Gaston de Blondeville Posth. Wks. 1826 II. 31 The King's sewer having laid the end of the sur-nap and a towel on the board. 1859Parker Dom. Archit. III. iii. 75 note, The surnape appears to have answered the purpose of the modern table napkin.] |