kemple
/ˈkɛmp(ə)l/
kemple noun: the size of a standard load of straw, approximately 450 pounds.
Noun
kemple (plural kemples)
- The size of a standard load of straw, approximately 450 pounds.
- His Honour, ye see, being under hiding in thae sair times--the mair's the pity--he lies a' day, and whiles a' night, in the cove in the dern hag; but though it's a bieldy eneugh bit, and the auld gudeman o' Corse-Cleugh has panged it wi' a kemple o' strae amaist, yet when the country's quiet, and...1814, Sir Walter Scott, Waverley, Or 'Tis Sixty Years Hence, Complete
- Hence the money acquired from the sale of the three kemples, at the average of the above prices, will purchase five cubic yards of this very efficient manure.1829, George Robertson, Rural Recollections; or, the progress of improvement in agriculture and rural affairs, page 209
Proper noun capitalized: Kemple
Kemple (plural Kemples)
- A surname from German.
Forms of kemple
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | kemples |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Kemples |
Origin of kemple
Americanized spelling of German Kempel or Kempfle.
Words that rhyme with kemple
Questions about kemple
- What does kemple mean?
- Kemple means the size of a standard load of straw, approximately 450 pounds.
- What part of speech is kemple?
- Kemple can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce kemple?
- Kemple is pronounced /ˈkɛmp(ə)l/.
- What is the plural of kemple?
- The plural of kemple is kemples.
Words near kemple in the dictionary
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