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单词 reeper
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reepern.

Brit. /ˈriːpə/, U.S. /ˈripər/
Forms: 1700s–1800s reaper, 1800s– reeper.
Origin: Probably either (i) a borrowing from Marathi. Or (ii) a borrowing from Telugu. Etymons: Marathi rīp; Telugu rivva, *rippa.
Etymology: Probably < Marathi rīp lath used in making a roof or its apparent etymon Telugu rivva, rebba small branch (earlier *rippa, *rimpa), perhaps influenced in form by rafter n.1
Anglo-Indian.
A lath used in making a roof.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > framework of building > [noun] > lath
lathc1000
stooth1295
stone-lath1370
straw-laths1391
studc1525
pantile lath1690
reeper1734
tile-laths1844
1734 in J. H. Wheeler Madras in Olden Time (1862) III. 148 Paid the Banksall Merchants for the house poles, country reapers, &c. necessary for house building.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Reepers, laths, or longitudinal sections of the palmyra palm, used for building purposes in the East; the trunk of the tree is split into 8 for reepers, and these are dressed with an adze.
1929 Times 5 June 10/4 A large hail-stone has broken through a depth of four or five tiles, and passed through the bamboo reepers.
2002 Times (India) (Nexis) 12 May Monnappa said about 200 economy houses were constructed in different parts of the district, using concrete rafters and ferrocement reepers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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