Middle English Dictionary Entry
wapping(e ger.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | wapping(e ger.(1) |
| Etymology | From wappen v.(2). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A covering of some sort; also, anat. ?a cavity or an enclosure.
Associated quotations
- a1425 Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Wel 225)276/3579 : Þe cerebris is…distincte in 3 calkys þat we call 3 cavettys (3 plyingus, or ellys 3 faldyngys, or ellys 3 wappyngys) becaus of 3 dyvers maner of operacions, id est of wyrkynge þat it has.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)515 : Wappynge [Win: Wappyng], happynge or hyllynge: Coopertura, coopericio.