Middle English Dictionary Entry
scọ̄pet(te n.
Entry Info
| Forms | scọ̄pet(te n. Also skopet, scoupette, (?error) schowe-. |
| Etymology | From scọ̄pe n.(2). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
?A kind of shovel or spade; also in a nonsense passage [last quot.].
Associated quotations
- (1412) *Acc.Exch.K.R.53/6 [OD col.] : Skopett.
- (1417) *For.Acc.(PRO) 8 Hen.V D/2 [OD col.] : Computat..in..Shoveles, Scopetis, Bailes.
- (1420) *For.Acc.(PRO) 3 Hen.VI G/2 [OD col.] : In..xij scoupettes ad deseruiendum pro magna batella.
- (1437) *Acc.Exch.K.R.53/5 [OD col.] : Scopette.
- a1500 MSerm.Mol.(Adv 19.3.1)83 : He saw wonus a nolde wyfe gwo vij yer be the sey-syde, and of all that seyd vij yere sche had no more for to do but for to take a fart in a schowepette.