Middle English Dictionary Entry
pīpe n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | pīpe n.(2) Also pip-; pl. pipe(s. |
| Etymology | From pīpe n.(1) & OF pipe a liquid measure. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A large storage container of particular volume for various items, solid or liquid; cask, vat; chest; (b) a storage container with its contents; also, a measure of volume; (c) a weight measure equal to the weight of a pipe measure of wine; (d) a bin or tub receiving flour from sifting; (e) ~ and polain, ?a kind of customary rent.
Associated quotations
a
- (1348) Wardrobe Acc.Edw.III(1) in Archaeol.3139 : xj pipe de cupro pro pennis fesaun.
- (1362) Invent.Jarrow in Sur.Soc.2944 : In pistrina..j pyip pro cerevicia.
- (1388) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)5.17 : [3] pipes, [a] fate, [a] tonne.
- (1388) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)5.80 : [2] pipes [for] sithere [worth 2 s.].
- (1391) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.5223/1 : Clerico panetrie..pro runagio xxiiij doliorum et j pipe, ij s. vj d.
- (1411) in Rec.B.Nottingham 286 : j tubbe et j barell, vj d.; dimidium pype, vij d.; j parvum fatte, iij d.
- (1412) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)7.244 : [A] stondyng pipe [worth 12 d., a barrel for] verjus [worth 2 s.].
- (1422) Plea & Mem.in Bk.Lond.E.129/250 : Item, Ingram, Couper, occupieth þe kynges hye way in Bredstrete with empty Pipes and full with vineger.
- (1429) RParl.4.359b : Many shippemen straungiers..taken into yaire Shippes and Vesselles, Wolle, Wollefelle, and other Merchaundises of ye Staple, the whiche is trussed in tonnes, pipes, barelles, fakkes, fardelles, and other wyse, and hyde hem priveley in yair Vesselles.
- ?1435 Lond.Chron.Jul.(Jul B.2)77 : My seyde lorde off Wynchestre..sette vp pipes and hurdeys in ffourme off Bulwerkes.
- (1439) LRed Bk.Bristol2.164 : No maner man of the seide Crafte bye no Syngle withoute it bere is lengthe and his thiknesse..accordyng to the statute made for suche vessell, that is to seye, a samon pipe lx galons, halfe a samon pype xxx galons, a barell xxx galons, j quinderkyn xv galons, litell more or litell lasse.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)2.381 : Hem to kepe, Let close hem in a barel or a pipe Maad of their owne tre.
- (1442) Acc.Bk.Carpenter Co.7 : Item, payed for howpyng of the same tone ande j pype, viij d.
- (1442) Let.Bekynton in RS 56.2247 : There is in pypes, what in the towne and in the castel, moo than cc legge herneys.
- (1444) RParl.5.117a : What man fell a Tonne or Pipe, Tercian or Hoggeshede, of Wyne, Oyle, or Hony, or than hit be gauged, that he shall forfait hit to the Kyng, or the value yerof.
- a1450(?1409) Vision Staunton (Roy 17.B.43)68 : Y saw another fire and sowles brynnyng theryn þat were at [read: as] gret as it were pipis or tonnes al to swollyn.
- (1450) Wars France in RS 22.2475 : Item, xxx crossebowes; item, a pipe of quarelx.
- c1450(c1425) Brut-1419 (Cmb Kk.1.12)382/24 : Þere was alle his Naueye..with his ordynaunce..mallis, spadez, schouyllez, Pykys, bowez and arowez, bowstryngez, scheftis, & pipis fulle of arowez.
- ?c1450 Knt.Tour-L.(Hrl 1764)38/14 : Sum tyme y had a faire body and smal..Now may ye see what y am, for y am gretter thanne a pipe.
- (1463) Acc.Howard in RC 57234 : Item, payd the sayd day, for a lokke for the pype for otys, j d.
- (1465) Paston (EETS)1.325 : The Botere..ij pantre knyves, a pyce of syluer, a pype for brede, a ale stole, [etc.].
- (1472) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99245 : Item, j pype pro prebenda equorum.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)15933 : A voyde vessel, pype, or tonne Whan the lycour ys out Ronne, Who smyt ther-on..Yt maketh outward a gret soun.
- (1474-76) Acc.St.Andrew Hubbard in BMag.31536 : Resceyued for ij empty pypes that wer left in the Chirche hous, ij s.
- c1475 Body Pol.(Cmb Kk.1.5)81/20 : It may well happe that the pypes wer not so grete in thoo dayes as they be nowe, or ellis it was som othir mesure that was so callid at that tyme.
b
- (1415) Proc.Privy C.2.341 : Une pipe de gunepoudre cont' viijc di. et xiiij li.
- (1420-21) in Gras Eng.Cust.Syst.507 : xxii barellis tarre, iii pipis wode, pr. £ xxi, vi s. viii d.
- c1436 Ipswich Domesday(2) (Add 25011)185 : Off every tunne or pipe [F pipe] of wyn, vynegre, syther, eysel, and of all other maner of licoures that comyn with ynne the fraunchise of the forseid toun to be selde, be takyn to the custum of the kyng, ij d.
- (1443) Proc.Privy C.5.302 : [c] pipes of beer.
- (1445-6) *Mun.B.Bridgewater807 : Ric. Philpot, ij pipes wode & j pipe oyle, v d.
- (1453) Grocer Lond.(Kingdon)323 : Soope, the pype, iiij d.
- (1459) GRed Bk.Bristolpt.2.p.59 : For euery pipe of Greyne or Greynes ther putte to sale, or being ther a day and a wike or lesse tyme, xx d.
- (1466-7) in Gras Eng.Cust.Syst.622 : De Hennyng Durynge de Hansa pro xliii pipis wode, val. £ iiii xx[vi].
- (a1472) Acc.Bodmin in Camd.n.s.1410 : Item, y recevyd a pipe of lyme y yef with Thomas lymby.
- (1472-3) RParl.6.37b : xiiii persones..toke away..ii pipes of Sider.
c
- (1382) in Salzman Building in Engl.122 : [Mr. Henry Yevele supplied] 30 tunnetyth and i pipe of northern stone.
d
- (1397) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)6.113 : [A] boltyng pipe [with a] trogh [worth 12 d.].
- (1449) Doc.in Sur.Soc.45112 : De j pype vocata a bultyng-ton, vj d.
- (1465) Paston (EETS)1.328 : The Brewerne..a seve to syft malt, a bultyng pype, ij knedyng fattys, and a moldyng borde.
- (?1474) Stonor1.147 : Yn þe Backehousse..ij bultyng pypes.
e
- (1314) Inquis.PM Edw.II5.265 : [Rendering..2 s. 9 d. yearly at the castle of Norwich for a custom called] Pipe and Puleyn.
2.
(a) A large vessel for storing wine, a pipe, cask; (b) such a vessel with its contents; a measure of wine of varying amount [see quots.].
Associated quotations
a
- (1423) RParl.4.256b : No man..bryng into the Roialme..Tonne of Wyn but it conteigne of mesure of Englond xii/xx xii galons; the pipe vi/xx vi galons, and so aftir the afferant the Tercian.
- c1436 Ipswich Domesday(2) (Add 25011)177 : Ȝif they fyndyn ony wyn that be corrupt..the ballives of the toun shal doo shakyn out that wyn in the hie strete, and there in comoun sight of men dampnyn the tunne or the pipe, and the vessell shal to the baillifs for her fee.
- (1444) RParl.5.114a : And more overe, wher as of old tyme every Tonne, Pipe, and other Vessell of tho Contrees, heeld the full gauge after the gauge of Englond; now in these dayes ye Tonnes, Pipes, and oyer Vessels made in tho parties, ben made lasse then the gauge of Englond in grete quantite.
- (1444) RParl.5.114b : Every manere Vessell for Wyne herafter to be made..contene..ye full assise of old tyme used and accustumed, that is to sey, that every Tonne contene xii/xx and xii Galons, and every Pipe vi/xx vi Galons, every Tercian iiii/xx iiii Galons, and every Hoggeshede lxiii Galons.
- c1475 Abbrev.Trip.SSecr.(UC 85)360/20 : This wyne aught to be of coloure betwixt golde and rede, and of sauoure egre..and that the lyes be thikke in the botome of the pipe, and that it be pure and cliere aboue.
- c1475 Gregory's Chron.(Eg 1995)207 : They fulle ungoodely smote owte the heddys of the pypys and hoggys hedys of wyne.
- a1525(?1474) Cov.Leet Bk.392 : Upon the Crosse a-boven, were Childer of Issarell syngyng and castyng out Whete obles and floures, and iiij pypis rennyng wyne.
b
- (1352-3) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100382 : In primis in 3 pypes vini empt. et in colore et in vino empt. in villa..115 s. 4 d.
- (1400) Will York in Sur.Soc.4514 : Pro j pipe vini rubei.
- (1402) Let.Zouche in RES 8 (PRO E 101/512/10)262 : I pray ȝow yat ȝe wyl ordeyne me a pype of whyte wyn.
- (1406) EEWills13/15 : Y wyt to Iohan Whyte the yongger, & to hys wyfe a pipe of wyne, prys of xl s.
- (1432) Will York in Sur.Soc.3021 : For his gude labor I wyll he have a pipe of wyne or els ye valewe.
- (1443) Doc.Trade in BRS 778 : Item, þe forseide v pipes of Bastardes longyth to þe forseide Gunsallo Gile and to Vasqueanus.
- (1443) Let.Bekynton in RS 56.2238 : He had in his ship xxj tonne and j pipe of wyn of Lumberds.
- (1447-8) Shillingford92 : The saide Maier and Comminalte loste theire custumes, one at theire port of Exemouth..another is custum of the saide Cite called wyne gavell of every pipe solde yn retaill xij d.
- c1450 Mandev.(4) (CovCRO Acc.325/1)2178 : Such vines þere beth bothe white and reede, And with the grapis of oo vine Thei mowe make a pipe of wine.
- (1455) Doc.in Gilbert Cal.Dublin 1284 : Al maner of men..schold pay a serteyn tallage for there cartes goyng ovre the bryge..for a ton of wyne, ii d., for a pype i d., for a hogyshed, ob.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)1690 : I woll..perce wyyn, Wich tonne or pipe is best, & most fyne.
- (1463) Acc.Howard in RC 57152 : My sayd lord owyth my mastyr ffor a pype off new Gaskyne wyne.
- (a1475) Fortescue Gov.E.(LdMisc 593)132 : The iiijth pype off the wynes that be made in Fraunce mey be no lityll thyng, sithyn the tyllyng off the vynes is the grettest comodite off the reame.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)96a : A pipe of wyne or of oþer licour: emidolium.
- a1500 *Vsp.Weights (Vsp E.9)90b : The tonne containeth iic 1 galounes; The pipe containeth ic xxv galounes.
- a1500 *Vsp.Weights (Vsp E.9)90b : Thys be mesurs be kept bothe of wyne and of ayle..þe pype vixx gallounes.
- a1525(?1431) Cov.Leet Bk.138 : Ther was gevon to the Duke of Gloucestre..iiij pype wyn.
3.
Cpds. & combs. ~ cokker, a tap or spigot; ~ cotur, ?a vat made from a pipe sawed in half, ?a tool for sawing a pipe; ~ hop, a hoop for a pipe.
Associated quotations
- (1341-2) Sacrist R.Ely 2117 : In iiij handledhopes et ij hopes pro j payle, vij barelhopes, ij piphopes cum opere suo, 10 1/2.
- (a1362) Cellarer R.in Nrf.Archaeol.7164 : ij bynd tunhopes et piphopes.
- (c1425) Stonor1.43 : j pype kokyr pro panetria.
- (1445) Doc.in HMC Rep.5 App.528 : Paid for the carriage of one pipecotur to the Sergeaunt of Dengemershe, for putting in the bread, 1 d.