Middle English Dictionary Entry
chap-woman n.
Entry Info
Forms | chap-woman n. |
Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A female trader or peddler.
Associated quotations
- -?-(1419) Reg.Freemen York in Sur.Soc.96127 : Agnes Lastyngham, chapwoman.
- -?-(1425) Reg.Freemen York in Sur.Soc.96135 : Emma Clerk, chapwoman.