单词 | ropier |
释义 | † ropiern. Obsolete. = roper n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > maker of rope or cord > [noun] ropera1387 string-maker14.. ropemakera1425 ropierc1440 cord-maker1579 line-maker1667 cord-winder1707 c1440 Will of John Welles in S. L. Thrupp Merchant Class Medieval London (1948) i. 11 [Servants of his called] ropiers [were to be pardoned the debts they owed him]. a1475 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Harl. 875) (1960) A. v. l. 178 [c1400 Trin. Cambr. Robyn þe] Ropiere. 1640 in Trans. Shropshire Arch. Soc. (1908) 3rd Ser. 8 36 Paid the Ropier of Upton for peecing the bell ropes. 1652 R. Williams Bloody Tenent yet More Bloody To Rdr., sig. E1v If there be stones in the streets, the Magistrate need not run for a Sword to the Smiths shop, nor to the Ropier for an Halter to punish Hereticks. 1720 London Gaz. No. 5908/9 Joseph Barnes, late of Killingworth, Ropier. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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