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naperyn.Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French naperie. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French naperie (13th cent. in Old French) < nape nape n.2 + -erie -ery suffix. Compare post-classical Latin naparia, naperia, naperium household linen, office of naperer, custody of household (usually royal) linen (frequently from 13th cent. in British sources).Attested earlier in a surname, although it is unclear whether this is to be interpreted as Middle English or Anglo-Norman; compare:1268 Patent Roll, 52 Henry III 30 July (P.R.O.: C 66/86) m. 8 Walterus de la Naperye. Compare also e.g. the following, which may show the Anglo-Norman rather than the Middle English word:1349–50 in F. R. Chapman Sacrist Rolls Ely (1907) II. 144 Pro le napperie in ospicio, 2s.1398 Inquisition Misc. (P.R.O.: E 153/1826/16) xliij pieces de Naperie de diuers sortz. Forms with metanalysis (compare apron n.) are also occasionally attested; compare:1578 in M. A. Havinden Househ. & Farm Inventories Oxfordshire (1965) 95 Aprye Ware. 33 pere of shetes 8 tablescloes.1578 in M. A. Havinden Househ. & Farm Inventories Oxfordshire (1965) 97 The apreie. The linen and aprie. 1. society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > household linen > [noun] c1400 (Trin. Cambr.) (1909) 75 (MED) Wyth a cloth keuere þe heyȝhe table..And þe secunde also keuere Wyþ whyt naperie [Fr. blaunche nape] ȝyf ȝe haue. 1418 in F. J. Furnivall (1882) 32 All my beddynge & naperie. a1475 J. Russell Bk. Nurture (Harl. 4011) in (2002) i. 132 The surnape ye shulle make..with a clothe vndir a dowble of riȝt feire napry. a1500 (?c1378) J. Wyclif (1880) 434 Diȝschis & coupis of siluer & oþer vessel, and costly naprye. 1530 J. Palsgrave 457/1 Gyve me leave to bleche my naperye in your garden. 1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara 176 His Table clothes, napkins, and towels, were made of Cotten wooll, verie white and newe, for he was never served but once with that naperie. 1620 tr. G. Boccaccio I. Induction f. 7v When they entred into the Hall, they saw the Tables couered with delicate white naperie. 1656 P. Heylyn 15 The napperie of the Table was..so foul and dirty, that I durst not conceive it had been washed above once. 1721 (1931) 359 The box to the church napery. 1799 J. Robertson 382 Some weaving napery for the warehouses at Dunfermline. 1822 J. Galt xxxviii. 278 All the best of her sheets and napery. 1870 D. Rock (S. Kensington Mus.) Introd. p. lxxv Venetian linens, for fine towelling and napery in general. 1897 May 515/1 There were carpets, curtains, furniture, dishes, bedding, cutlery, napery, and other things to be purchased. 1913 18 732 All this was set out with plate, napery, perfumes, and various expensive forms of service. 1960 C. P. Snow (1979) i. vi. 57 The napery gleamed under the lights; the side of the tablecloth nearest the fire had a rosy sheen. 2000 18 Jan. ii. 3/2 The preposterous quantities of napery and the battalions of waiters..required for the highest level of Michelin acclaim. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [noun] 1598 E. Guilpin sig. A8 [The] goodly show, Of thyne apparraile and thy naperie. 1604 T. Dekker & T. Middleton sig. E2v Prithee put me into holesom napery. 1620 J. Taylor Praise of Hemp-seed in (1630) 69 From little Hemp and flaxen seeds, Ropes, halters, drapery, and our napery breeds. †2. society > authority > office > holder of office > official of royal or great household > [noun] > in charge of linen > office of a1483 Liber Niger in (1790) 56 The steward takethe..for his napery at the iiii principall festes of the yere..in prises of lynyn clothe. 1601 F. Tate (1876) 27 A lawendere of the Naperie, who shal wash all manner of linnen cloth, appertaining to the office of the Naperie. 1628 E. Coke 107 b To perform the office of the napery at his coronation. 1875 W. Stubbs (1877) III. xxi. 531 The several departments were organised under regular officers of the buttery, the kitchen, the napery, the chandlery, etc. the mind > possession > supply > storage > [noun] > place where anything is or may be stored > store-room > specific 1819 H. Hallam (ed. 2) III. ii. ix. 427 The house consisted of a hall, parlour,..a napery, or linen room [etc.]. society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > household linen > [noun] > manufacture of 1624 J. Taylor Praise Cleane Linnen in (1630) ii. 169/1 What were the function of the Linnen Draperye Or Sempsters admirable skill in Naperye? 1650 T. Fuller iv. vi. 106 Kings Merchants..brought it in linen-yarn.., Solomon so setting up Napery, and the manufacture of weaving. 1688 R. Holme iii. 148/1 Napery—the working of Linnen in Painting according to the Foldings thereof. Compounds1415 in E. F. Jacob & H. C. Johnson (1937) II. 47 (MED) Item, iij brewers of plain cloith, all þe shetes and naperie lynne marked with C. 1532 G. Hervet tr. Xenophon f. 30 Shetes, towels, and a naprye ware by them selfes. 1558 in R. W. Ambler et al. (1987) 54 It. in beddynge and in naperiware xx s. 1615 R. Brathwait 6 But this's not all Ile doe: Bacchus shall knowe His naprie-drawers shall not end it so. 1631 R. Brathwait xvii. 133 A kicke, I meane, from some surly Naprie groome, which serves in full discharge of his Commons. 1691 in A. W. C. Hallen (1894) 140 To buy at Holand a naprie press. 1826 J. Galt (1896) II. 188 A large worsted wheel, which..had been placed upon the great napery ark that stood at the stairhead. 1893 J. Inglis (1895) 151 Treasured up in the napery chest. 1900 Sept. 249/2 Then follow the simple tasks of seam and overcasting; then the napery-stitch on German linen. 1994 D. Porter xiii. 176 Most visitors..will gravitate to a napery-covered table for a well-prepared lunch or dinner. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1400 |