tippet
/ˈtɪpɪt/
tippet noun: a shoulder covering, typically the fur of a fox, with long ends that dangle in front.
Noun
tippet (plural tippets)
- A shoulder covering, typically the fur of a fox, with long ends that dangle in front.
- Drygoods shops did not have much that was Christmassy to display except red flannel and rabbit fur baby coats and muffs and tippets.1942, Emily Carr, “Christmas”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC
- In practice, this "sunshine roof" did not prove so attractive, since a correspondent wrote to the Railway Times on September 4, 1839, recording that a third-class lady passenger "had her tippet set on fire, and, in extinguishing the same, severely burnt her hand.1944 May and June, “Notes and News: The Eastern Counties Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 182
- A stole worn by Anglican ministers or other clergymen.
- […] so this Iesuitical sect is descrired by their long [i]ackets, their course stockinges, their thicke cobled shoes, their long clokes with claspe vnder the chin, their sorbonical tippet […]1581, Meredith Hanmer, chapter 3, in The Iesuites Banner, London
- A piece of mail armor protecting the shoulders and neck; a camail.
- We are inclined to think this warrior wears his camail over the upper part of the surcoat, which would account for the sudden disappearance of the shield strap or guige when it reaches the mail tippet.1908, Archaeologia Cambrensis, page 379
- Taking the place of the mail coif is the “camail” or mail tippet, which is fastened to the edge of the bascinet. His arm defences show circular plates or “palettes,” which guard the inside of the arm at pit and elbow.2012, Mary G. Houston, Medieval Costume in England and France: The 13th, 14th and 15th Centuries, Courier Corporation, →ISBN, page 221
- A length of twisted hair or gut in a fishing line.
- A handful of straw bound together at one end, used for thatching.
- The school constituency[…]provded “tippets” of straw to repair the thatch1882, David Douglas, Life & Work
- In fly fishing, the part of the leader that attaches to the fly.
- A bird's ruffle.
- One of the patagia, or pieces at the side of the pronotum of a moth.
Proper noun capitalized: Tippet
Tippet (plural Tippets)
- A surname.
Forms of tippet
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | tippets |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Tippets |
Origin of tippet
From Middle English tippet, Old English tæppet, from Latin tapete (“cloth”).
Variant of Tibbett.
Words formed from tippet
- tippeted
- tippet grebe
- tippet grouse
- turntippet
- turn tippet
- Tyburn tippet
Phrases with tippet
Words that rhyme with tippet
Questions about tippet
- What does tippet mean?
- Tippet means a shoulder covering, typically the fur of a fox, with long ends that dangle in front.
- What part of speech is tippet?
- Tippet can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce tippet?
- Tippet is pronounced /ˈtɪpɪt/.
- What is the plural of tippet?
- The plural of tippet is tippets.
Words near tippet in the dictionary
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