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单词 tapnet
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tapnettopnetn.

Forms: Also 1500s topynett.
Etymology: In 16th cent. topnet , apparently altered < toppet n.2 (tappet ). Compare tap n.3Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtapnet.
A basket made of rushes, in which figs (formerly also raisins, etc.) are imported; also a conventional measure of quantity; = frail n.1
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the world > food and drink > food > container for food > [noun] > basket > for fruit or vegetables
fraila1382
top1440
tapnet1524
fig-frail1608
flat1640
raisin frail1669
chip basket1758
pottle1771
sievea1800
punnet1822
trug1836
bodge1876
molly1883
handle1900
the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring volume > measuring vessels > vessel of standard capacity > basket as measure for figs
toppet1481
tapnet1524
α.
1524 in J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices (modernized text) III. 535/4 [Figs] Topnets.
1530–1 in J. Raine Durham Househ. Bk. (1844) 44 1 topynett ficuum.
1532–3 in J. Raine Durham Househ. Bk. (1844) 227 2 topynetts feggs 5s.
1537 in J. H. Blunt Myrr. oure Ladye Introd. 31 Dyuerse sortes of Spices and fruyttes..Nutmygges..Corans..Gynger..Isonglas..Figge doodes v Topnettes ij lb.—xj s. ix d.
c1550 Customs Duties (BL Add. 25097) Figgs dodes, the topnet, xx d.
1882 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices IV. 671 Between 1516 and 1540 the price of figs by the toppet or topnet is a little over 2s. 3d... Such a price..suggests..that the toppet contained about 30 lbs., and that it corresponds to the earlier frail... In 1533 figs are bought by the topnet at Cambridge and by the frail at Stonor, at the same price, 2s. 6d.
β. a1554 W. Cholmeley Request & Suite (1853) 17 Fyggis at xxd the tapnet.1589 Voy. W. Towrson in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations i. 99 Three Tapnets of figges, two small pots of oyle.1682 Privil. Citizens Lond. 71 For Tapnets and Frails of Figs per Ton..xx d.1812 J. Smyth Pract. of Customs ii. 76 Frails, or Tapnets, are baskets made of rushes.1858 in P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products 1910 Grocer, Diary 47/1 Figs, Faro, tapnets, 28 lbs.attributive.1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball v. lxxxi. 652 Currantes or Raysens of Corinthe, do not much differ in vertue, from tapnet or frayle Raysens.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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