Middle English Dictionary Entry
stāpel n.
Entry Info
| Forms | stāpel n. Also stapil(le, staple, stapul, stable & (in place names) stapele, stapl(a; pl. stapeles, etc. & stapplis. |
| Etymology | OE stapol, stapel, stapul & stapela. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A post; a staff, stake, or bar; also, a pillar or column [quot.: a1400]; ~ of bed, a bedpost; (b) a bent piece of metal with pointed ends which are driven into a surface to hold a hook, bolt, etc.; also, a bar or fastener used to secure a door, gate, etc.; ~ barre; ~ keie, some kind of key; (c) a fastener or clasp for a piece of armor; (d) a steeple; chirche ~; (e) in surnames; (f) in place names [see Smith PNElem.2.146].
Associated quotations
a
- c1330 7 Sages(1) (Auch)7/187 : Leues þai tok sextene Of Juy..Vnder ech stapel of his bed..four þai hid.
- c1330 7 Sages(1) (Auch)29/757 : Þe cradel turnd vp so doun on ground..þe stapeles [7S(2): stulpes] hit vp held al quert, þat þe child has nowt ihert.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)5.273 : Edol..cauȝte a stable [Higd.(2): pale; L palo] and defended manliche, and slouȝ seventy Saxons.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)8288 : Vnder þis tre..A stapul was o marbul grai.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)120a : A Stapyll: Stapula [Monson: Stapylle].
b
- (1295) *Acc.Exch.K.R.5/8 [OD col.] : ij s. ix d. in stipend' Hugonis fabri pro staples et hespes fabricand'.
- (1313) in Salzman Building in Engl.258 : [Also for 7 blocks for making] legges, stapplys [and] selys [for the said shutters].
- (1338) Doc.Hatfield in Sur.Soc.32203 : In xl spikings, j hespe et j stapil empt. pro j hostio ejusdem, 3 d.
- (1339-40) Sacrist R.Ely 296 : Item, solut. Johanni Amyot pro stapolbarris fabricandis de xx iiij peciis ferri, [etc.].
- (1349) *Acc.Exch.K.R.471/3.m.10 [OD col.] : Pro crampouns et staples ad circumligandum trabes in eadem domo.
- c1350 Cmb.Ee.4.20.Nominale (Cmb Ee.4.20)467,471 : Graps et appenduz, Stapul and haspe..Sere veroil et cerrure, Barre slot and stapul.
- (1374) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99211 : Stanbrod, una cum hespes et stapels.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)2181 : So harde he bot here in þat haste..þat þe henges boþe barste & þe stapel þar-with out sprong.
- (1399) *Acc.Exch.K.R.473/11.m.3 [OD col.] : Pro viij Soudletles ij Stapul barres pro fenestris eiusdem noue domus.
- (1423) Doc.Brewer in Bk.Lond.E.154/445 : For j lok to an dore, with j Stapill, & þe settynge on to an Chamber of þe seide Almesse hous, viij d.
- (1426-7) Rec.St.Mary at Hill64 : For crochates & iij Iron pynnes & a staple, xiij d.
- (1434-5) Acc.St.Michael Oxf.in OAST 7833 : For i loke & i stapell to the trape durre, iiii d. ob.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)472 : Stapylle of a schyttynge [KC: stapul] Stapellum.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)4112 : Vndyrneþe is an hasp, Schet wiþ a stapyl and a clasp.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)1081 : Of ilka bild..barred was þe ȝatis, Stoken stifly with-out with staplis & cheynes.
- (1472) Acc.All Sts.Tilney40 : Pro hespys, Stapyll, keys, et ffor lockes, ix d.
- (1472-74) Acc.St.Andrew Hubbard in BMag.31531 : Payed..for stapilles and haspys.
- (1480-82) Acc.St.Andrew Hubbard in BMag.32149 : Paid..for a staple to the clerkes chamber dorre in to the parsonage..and for ij stapils & an haspe to the goter Dorre.
c
- c1475 Awntyrs Arth.(Tay 9)p.22 : With schildus on ther schildurs, schomely thay shewen, Stythe stapuls of stele, thay striken doune streȝte.
- (1464) MSS Beverley in HMC142 : Quilibet coler habens xxxvij lynkes, ij stipas..j stapul et j swychon.
- a1486 Arms Chivalry (Mrg M 775)44 : Then putte his cote upon his bak, and then his basinet pynid up on two greet staplis before the breste with a dowbill bokill behynde up on the bak for to make the basinet sitte juste.
d
- (a1475) Contract in OSSLH 4225 : They have..don otheir dedez of charite accordyng to the will of..Sir Piers..emoung otheir in Bylddyng of his Chaunterye and the Chyrche Stapill in the Town of Latton.
e
- (1166) in Reaney Dict.Br.Surnames332 : Randulf de Stapeltuna.
- (1177) in Reaney Dict.Br.Surnames332 : Richard de Stapleford.
- (1209) Pipe R.Winch65/47 : Hugonis de Stapl.
- (1265) Close R.Hen.III69 : Johannes Attestapl'.
- (1277) Let.Bk.Lond.A (Gldh LetBk A)226 : Roger Atestaples.
- (1296) Sub.R.Sus.in Sus.RS 1045 : Cota atte Stapele.
- (1327) Sub.R.Wor.in Wor.HS (1895)54 : De Willelmo atte Staple.
- (1345-6) Freeman R.in KRec.18200 : Willelmus de Stapyltone.
- (1362-3) Freeman R.in KRec.18212 : Thomas Michel de Staple.
- (c1444) Paston2.12 : Besyngham hath a copie of þe bille ageynst yow and hym atte sute of Stapilton.
- (c1456) Paston2.150 : Sir Mylys Stapulton.
f
- (1152-62) EPNSoc.12 (Ess.)140 : Berdestapla.
- (1179-85) EPNSoc.12 (Ess.)140 : Berdestaple.
- (1205) in Wallenberg PNKent525 : Staples.
- (1222) Domesday Bk.St.Paul in Camd.6969 : In grava quae vocatur stapelee sunt ix acre de bosco.
- (1248) EPNSoc.40 (Glo.)101 : Stapelton.
- (1274) EPNSoc.3 (Bedf.& Hnt.)159 : Stapelford.
- (1297) EPNSoc.3 (Bedf.& Hnt.)58 : Stapulho.
- (1321) EPNSoc.12 (Ess.)140 : Bredestapil.
- (1341) EPNSoc.3 (Bedf.& Hnt.)159 : Staplefordefolde.
- (1361) EPNSoc.12 (Ess.)140 : Berestaple.
- (1387) EPNSoc.40 (Glo.)101 : Stapelton.
- (1404) Doc.in HMC Var.Col.7356 : [1 messuage and 1 acre of land in Northiam] Stapilcrouche.
- (1425) EPNSoc.40 (Glo.)101 : Stapilton.
- (1471) in Wallenberg PNKent50 : Exstapul.
- (1485) EPNSoc.4 (Wor.)344 : Le Stapul.