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† popel Obs.
Also 4 popelle -ill, -ulle, 5 -ell, -il, -le.
[ME. a. OF. pople (1355 in Godef.), pouple (Picard, Tournia), variant of popre (1316), pop(p)e, poupe, an inferior kind of fur; derivation unknown.]
The name of a kind of fur: in quot. 1351 said to be that of the squirrel.
The French documents in which it is mentioned, cited by Godefroy, belong to Flanders and Picardy. In England, frequently mentioned in documents written in Latin and French; rarely in Eng. context.
1327Lett. Bk. E. Lond. lf. 183 b, Forura de popell' de vij tiris sexaginta bestias; Forura de popell' de vj tiris Quinquaginta et duas bestias. [tr. in Riley Mem. Lond. (1868) 153 A fur of popelle of 7 tiers, 60 beasts; a fur of popelle of 6 tiers, 52 beasts.] 1342in Rogers Agric. & Prices II. 539/3 (Merton Coll. Accts.) Furrura de popel. 1351Lett. Bk. F. Lond. lf. 208 Furree de Pellure come de meneveyr, Gris, Purree Destranlyng, Popell' Desquirels [tr. in Riley 267 Popelle of squirrels], Bys des Conyns des levres. 1365Lett. Bk. G. Lond. lf. 162 b, Qe nul entremelle Roskyn en popull'. [tr. in Riley 329 That no one shall mingle roskyn with populle.] 1380–1Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 590 In una furura de popill empt. pro d'no Priore, xs. 1421Will of Norton (Somerset Ho.), Vnam de togis meis furratis cum popell. 1493Will of Mag. Thome Overey 18 July, Unam togam talarem de scarlett penulatam cum popilfurr. |