† lope-staffn.

Forms: Also 1600s loape-. Plural lope-staves.

Etymology: < lope v. + staff n.¹

Obsolete.

A pole used for leaping dykes, etc. in the Fens and Low Countries.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > other means of conveyance > [noun] > pole used for leaping dykes

lope-staff1603

kent1606

fen-pole1844

leaping-pole1859

1603 M. Drayton Barrons Wars i. xliii. 15 Such as in Fens and Marshlands use to trade, The doubtfull foards and passages to try, With stilts and loapestaues that doe aptliest wade.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Bout Baston a deux bouts, a quarter~staffe; or, a Lope-staffe, wherewith Low-countrey men leape ditches.

1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) i. 27 Tis usuall for the Bores of Holland, some with firelocks, and some with Loapestaves, to make out parties of foot to goe a-bootehaling.

1654 E. Johnson Hist. New-Eng. 20 The Ditch..was so wide, that they could not leap over with a lope-staffe.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	lope-staff
释义	† lope-staffn. Forms: Also 1600s loape-. Plural lope-staves. Etymology: < lope v. + staff n.¹ Obsolete. A pole used for leaping dykes, etc. in the Fens and Low Countries. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > other means of conveyance > [noun] > pole used for leaping dykes lope-staff1603 kent1606 fen-pole1844 leaping-pole1859 1603 M. Drayton Barrons Wars i. xliii. 15 Such as in Fens and Marshlands use to trade, The doubtfull foards and passages to try, With stilts and loapestaues that doe aptliest wade. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Bout Baston a deux bouts, a quarter~staffe; or, a Lope-staffe, wherewith Low-countrey men leape ditches. 1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) i. 27 Tis usuall for the Bores of Holland, some with firelocks, and some with Loapestaves, to make out parties of foot to goe a-bootehaling. 1654 E. Johnson Hist. New-Eng. 20 The Ditch..was so wide, that they could not leap over with a lope-staffe. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1603
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