单词 | copple |
释义 | † copplen. Obsolete. 1. A crest on a bird's head. Hence an appellation for a crested fowl: cf. coppy n.2 ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > head > feathers on cop1483 top1578 copple1600 copple-crowna1635 topping1694 mufty1829 muff1850 ear tab1851 calotte1874 aigrette1917 15.. Pilkington Tourn. Tottenham 49 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. III. 84 And coppull my brode hen that was broȝt out of Kent. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. xix. 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; = French coupeau. ΚΠ 1600 R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) III. 606 It is a low Cape, and vpon it is a copple not very high. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.15.. |
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