Middle English Dictionary Entry
kippe-họ̄k n.
Entry Info
| Forms | kippe-họ̄k n. |
| Etymology | MDu. kip & ME họ̄k . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Naut. A hook let into the stem or stern post of a ship; ?error for pik-hok, cp. kippe-wrong.
Associated quotations
- (1405-10) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 159 : In ij peciis maeremij emptis de Johanne heryng et expend' in factura del kippehokes bargie predicte, precium pecie iiij d. -- viij d.