sarplier

English

Alternative forms
  • sarpelere

Etymology

French serpillière.

Noun

sarplier (plural sarpliers)

  1. (obsolete) A coarse cloth made of hemp, used for packing goods, etc.
    • 1609, John Skene, Regiam Majestatem:
      In Merchandice na Merchant sall passe over the sea, except he haue thrie Serplaiths of wooll, of hiw awin proper gudes.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “sarplier”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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