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smart-hoop [perh. f. smart n.1 or a.; but cf. also older Da. smert, smært, Sw. smärt slender, slim.] (See quot.)
1832Planting 90 in Husb. III. (L.U.K.), Smart-hoops.—Shoots of the hazel, six feet in length; they are cleft for hoops, and are used..for salmon kits, small tubs, and other purposes of the cooper. [Cf. Peacock Lonsd. Gloss. (1869) 77/1 Smarts, small rods cut down in coppice woods.] Comb.1881Instr. Census Clerks (1885) 82 Smart Hoop Maker, Bender, Shaver. |