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thrapplen.Brit. /ˈθrapl/, /ˈθrɒpl/, U.S. /ˈθræp(ə)l/, Scottish English /ˈθrapl/, /ˈθrɔpl/, Irish English /ˈθræp(ə)l/, /ˈθrɑp(ə)l/ Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: throat-boll n. Etymology: Origin uncertain, perhaps a contraction of throat-boll n. Compare later throttle n.In later use in α. forms apparently sometimes perceived as a variant of throttle n. With the β. forms compare the variants at throttle n. and β. forms at throttle v. Regardless of its uncertain origin, the word was apparently associated with throat-boll n. at an early date; compare:a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) ii. l. 1000 Stillely walde he to þaim ga, And scher þar throt bollis [a1500 Advocates throppillis, a1530 Royal thropyll boll, a1550 Wemyss throt boll] in twa. Now chiefly Scottish, Irish English ( northern), and English regional ( northern). the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > [noun] > respiratory passages > wind-pipe α. ?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac (Paris) (1971) 148 (MED) When þat þe squynancies ben made most wode..þat scapynge þat is trowed is openynge of þe pype of þropul [L. apercio canne] so bytwene two rynges þat he may breþe. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour (St. John's Cambr.) vii. 584 [The king] hyt þe formast in þe hals, Till throppill [1489 Adv. thropill] and vassand ȝeid in twa. 1562 W. Turner Bk. Natures Bathes Eng. f. 8v, in The diseases of the longes and winde pipe or throppel. 1607 G. Markham iii. 14 The throppell or nether part of the neck [of a horse] which goes from the vnder chaps to the brest. 1690 No. 2527/4 A Light grey Mare,..one feather on each side her Thropple. 1740 H. Bracken II. vi. 120 Therefore he cannot breathe so quick as one with a shorter Thropple. 1853 M. Richardson ix. 120 The throat or thropple of the horse should be large, and the width between the jaws very great. a1919 W. B. Kendall (Cumbria County Archives, Barrow) (transcript of MS) Throppel, the windpipe. β. 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy (1903) II. App. i. 254 [He] straik this thrid bruþir..in þe thrappill [c1540 throppil].1659 (1865) 54 She heard Jonet Mihie say..she wald rug out his thraple.1735 A. Ramsay 9 Bring to the Warld the luckless Wean, And sneg its Infant-Thrapple.1815 W. Scott I. i. 9 Sorrow be in your thrapple than!1894 S. R. Crockett xxiv. 218 That dry yeukin' in my thrapple.1904 (new ed.) 14 The de'ilie sic wine ever geed doon the traple o' a Auld Reekie man!1927 J. Buchan xxi. 364 I wad be the better pleased if I got my ten fingers at his thrapple.1992 J. Meek 88 There was certainly no way you could raise Einstein in conversation without some smartarse saying E = MC2 and then slotting a pint in his thrapple as soon as you asked him what it meant.2004 B. Duncan ii. 38 Now pass ower that Old Damnation—thon reek's fair gone fur ma thrapple.This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022). thrapplev.Brit. /ˈθrapl/, /ˈθrɒpl/, U.S. /ˈθræp(ə)l/, Scottish English /ˈθrapl/, /ˈθrɔpl/, Irish English /ˈθræp(ə)l/, /ˈθrɑp(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: thrapple n. Etymology: < thrapple n. Compare earlier throttle v.In forms with o (compare the α. forms at thrapple n.) apparently sometimes perceived as a variant of throttle v. Chiefly English regional ( northern and north midlands), Scottish, and Irish English ( northern). the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by strangling 1570 P. Levens sig. Oii v/1 To Thropple, iugulare. 1673 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in 49 To Thropple, to Throttle or strangle. a1779 D. Graham (1883) II. 105 A wae worth him quo' the wife, if I winna thrapple him for my good bane comb. 1790 A. Wheeler iii. 72 Up he gat an tewk haad ev Tom beeth Shirt Neck, rave it awe dawn an throppled him. 1866 J. E. Brogden 207 Let go, you'll thropple him. 1899 J. Strang iii. 29 I could thrapple ye whaur ye staun'. 1962 Mar. A herd collar roon ees neck that near thrappled im. 1990 L. Todd 158 He'd a come up to you all smiles an then got a howlt o' your tie to thrapple you wi'. 2000 J. Robertson 192 It was the hangman's job tae thrapple him but he couldna get the breath oot o him. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.?c1425v.1570 |