sarplar

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Latin sarplare. See sarplier.

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Particularly: “Chambers 1908 says: O. Fr. serpilliere, Low L. serapellinus, L. xerampelinæ (vestes), of the colour of dead vine-leaves, dark-red (clothes), Gr. xērampelinos, xēros, dry, ampelinos, ampelos, a vine.”

Noun

sarplar (plural sarplars)

(UK, obsolete) A large bale or package of wool, containing eighty tods, or 2,240 pounds, in weight.

References

“sarplar”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

parrals