Middle English Dictionary Entry
stoppel n.
Entry Info
| Forms | stoppel n. Also stopel(le, stobil & (error) spopell. |
| Etymology | From OF estopail(le, but prob. interpreted as from ME stoppen v. & -el suf.(1) (b). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. stoupaille n.
1.
(a) A stopper, plug; (b) some part of a clock; -- ?error for stapel n.; (c) ?a ring or staple fixed in a post; -- ?error for stapel n.; (d) in surname.
Associated quotations
a
- (1391) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.5272/18 : Per manus eiusdem pro j stopell pro j botell.
- (1415) Invent.Agincourt in Archaeol.7096 : Vn graund flaskette..ouec vn leon sur le topet de stoppell.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)477 : Stoppell, of a [Win: Stoppel of a vessel,] bottel or oþer like: Ducillus.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)121b : A Stopyll [Monson: Stopelle]: obturatorium.
- a1500 *Ripley CAlch.(Ashm 1486)593 : Make yi stopell of glasse meltyng, the tope of thy vessell and it, then after philosophi it is vsyd.
- a1550(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Sln 1873)2890-92 : Considre youre stoppellis and lerne well this, The more is the stoppell, the lasse is the hete; Bi manyfolde stoppellis degrees ye may gete.
- 1591(?a1425) Chester Pl.(Hnt HM 2)152/613 : Lord, for to give thee have I nothinge..But thoe hit lacke a stopple, take thee here my well fayre bottle, for yt will hold a good pottle.
b
- (1428) Proc.Privy C.3.289 : Thomæ Clokmaker..for amendyng of the spryng of the barell, vj s. viij d..for wire for the stobill, xij d..for amendyng of the note and the spyndill, vij s.
c
- a1450 Dur-CRO.Bk.Hawking (Dur-CRO Roll D/X/76/7)34/200 : Þer must be a spopell [read: stopell] in þe stak to tye þe hawk þer-to.
d
- (1224) Close R.Tower 1604 : Baldewinnus Stoppelkin.