† serpetn.
Obsolete. rare.
A kind of basket. In 18th cent. dictionaries (by misinterpretation of quot. 1678), a kind of rush.
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1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 67 After them are carried in Serpets (a kind of baskets) their presents.
1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Serpet, probably from Scirpus a sort of Rush, of which is made a kind of Basket.
1717 Dict. Rusticum (ed. 2) Serpet, a sort of Rush of which Baskets are made.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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