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▪ I. † ˈcopple Obs.
Also 7 coppell.
[app. a dim. of cop n.2 Cf. OF. coupel, copel, now coupeau summit of a hill, etc., dim of OF. coppe summit.]
1. A crest on a bird's head. Hence an appellation for a crested fowl: cf. coppy n.2
15..Pilkington Tourn. Tottenham 49 in Hazl. E.P.P. III. 84 And coppull my brode hen that was broȝt out of Kent. 1600Surflet Countrie Farme i. ix. 115 The [pea] cocke..hateth..his yong ones, vntill they be growne to haue a coppell vpon their heads.
2. A little summit or eminence; = F. coupeau.
1600Hakluyt Voy. III. 606 (R.) It is a low Cape, and vpon it is a copple not very high.
▪ II. copple
obs. f. couple, cupel. |