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sparver

UK/ˈspɑːvə/US/ˈspɑɹvɚ/

sparver noun: a canopy for a bed.

Noun

sparver (plural sparvers)

  1. (obsolete) A canopy for a bed.
    • And ſo then every of them ſticke up the aungell about the bedde and to lette downe the corteyns of the ſayd bedde or ſparuer.c. 1525, The oolde ordre of makyng the Kynges bedd; republished as L. C. Brooke, “XX. The Ceremonial of making the King's Bed”, in Archaeologica, volume 4, 1777, →DOI
    • And I geue vnto the ſame Elizabeth my wif the ſparuers and hangings of the ſame twoo beddes vſuallye occupied, and hanging ouer and about the ſame twoo beddes[…]1558 April 29, Sir William Drurye, Will of Sir William Drurye [of Hawstede, Suffolk], Prerogative Court of Canterbury, page 1

Forms of sparver

pluralsparvers

Origin of sparver

From Middle English sperver (“sparrow-hawk, canopy”), from Old French esprevier, from Old Dutch *sparwari (“sparrow-hawk”, literally “sparrow-eagle”).

Questions about sparver

What does sparver mean?
Sparver means a canopy for a bed.
What part of speech is sparver?
Sparver is a noun.
How do you pronounce sparver?
Sparver is pronounced /ˈspɑːvə/ (UK).
What is the plural of sparver?
The plural of sparver is sparvers.

Words near sparver in the dictionary

  1. Spartist
  2. Sparts
  3. Sparty
  4. Spartz
  5. Spartzes
  6. sparver
  7. sparvers
  8. sparves
  9. sparviter
  10. sparviters
  11. spary

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