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† voluper Obs.
Forms: 4–5 voluper(e, 5 -peer, 6 veluper; 5 voly-, volipere, voly-, wolyper, wulpere.
[a. AF. volupier (Gower), f. OF. voluper (voleper, veloper, etc.), to wrap up: see envelop v. OF. envelopeur occurs (in 1361) in a similar sense.]
A form of head-dress worn especially by women; a kerchief.
c1386Chaucer Miller's T. 55 The tapes of her white voluper Were of the same suyte of hir coler. ― Reeve's T. 383 Whan she gan the white thyng espye, She wende the clerk hadde wered a volupeer. 14..Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 569 Calamandrum, a volupere. c1440Promp. Parv. 512/1 Volypere, kerche, teristrum, caliendrum. c1475Pict. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 776/27 Hoc caliandrum, a wulpere. 1483Cath. Angl. 404/1 A volyper, caliendum. 1552in Rep. MSS. Ld. Middleton (1911) 404 For a hede lace and veluper for Mris. Margarett..xij d. |