| 释义 |
colpice, colpas dial.
[Etymol. uncertain. (Blount (or his editor) conjectured its identity with med.L. colpicium, coppice.) Cf. colweigh.]
1717Blount's Law Dict. s.v. Colpicium, I suppose by Colpiciis is meant Samplers or young Poles, which being cut down make Leavers or Lifters, in Warwickshire called Colpices to this day. [App. now obs. in Warwicksh.] 1730–36in Bailey (folio). 1880W. Cornw. Gloss., Colpas, a prop or underset to a lever. |