† frapaillen.
Obsolete.
A contemptuous name given to a body of people; rabble; esp. the camp followers of an army.
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c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 13319 Þer frapaille Þat fel nought to be in bataille Vnder an hil he set þem þere.
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