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† ˈtapener Obs. rare.
[Derivation obscure.]
A kind of clothworker; ? a weaver of burel.
a1400Usages of Winchester in Eng. Gilds (1870) 350 Þe Tapeners þat worcheþ þe burelles..shullen take for þe cloth xviij d. Ibid. 352 Þe chaloun of foure ellen and o quarter of langnesse, shal habbe tweye ellen and an halfe to-fore þe tapener in þe werke. |