单词 | repple |
释义 | † repplen. Obsolete. rare. (English regional (north-west midlands) in later use). A long staff or cudgel. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > club or stick > [noun] > pole or staff roodOE staffc1000 reppleOE slot-staff1561 long-staff1595 bone-baster1600 handstaff1611 ballowa1616 watch pole1712 coup-stick1876 OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Hatton) (1900) i. ii. 20 Forþam þe he næfde nænne repel hine mid to þersceanne [OE Corpus Cambr. gyrde; L. virgam], þa gelæhte he þone fotscamul. a1225 (?OE) MS Vesp. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 231 (MED) Gief he fend were, me sceolden anon eter gat ȝemete mid gode repples and stiarne swepen. a1728 W. Kennett Etymol. Coll. Eng. Words & Provinc. Expressions (MS BL Lansdowne 1033) f. 338v Reppo or Repple, a Long walking staff carried by Countrymen that reaches up to or above their head. 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Repple, a long walking staff as tall or taller than the bearer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.OE |
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