Middle English Dictionary Entry
mappel n.
Entry Info
| Forms | mappel n. Also map(p)old, mapolt, (error) malpyle. |
| Etymology | Cp. ML mappula a maniple; ?also cp. ML mappa manula hand towel. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A mop for cleaning an oven, a boat, etc.; pich ~, a mop for applying pitch to parts of a boat or ship [see pich].
Associated quotations
- (a1406) *Acc.Exch.(PRO) 44/9(1) [OD col.] : Pell' ovium pro mappoldes.
- (1407) *Acc.Exch.K.R.44/11(1).m.8 [OD col.] : In iiij pellibus ouinis emptis..pro mapoldes inde faciendis.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)323 : Malkyne, mappyl [Phil.: malpyle], or oven swepare: Dossorium, tersorium.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)325 : Mappel, idem quod malkyn, supra.
- (1466) Acc.Howard in RC 57346 : Item, paid for thrommes for pyche mapoltes.