serpet

English

Etymology

From Latin sirpus (“rush, bulrush”), scirpus (“rush, bulrush”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɜː(ɹ)pɪt/

Noun

serpet (plural serpets)

(obsolete) A basket.
- 1615, George Sandys, “(please specify the page)”, in The Relation of a Iourney Begun An: Dom: 1610. […], London: […] [Richard Field] for W. Barrett, →OCLC:
  After them are carried in Serpets (a kind of baskets) their presents.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “serpet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

Peters, Pretes, pester, pestre, peters, pre-set, preset

Latin

Verb

serpet

third-person singular future active indicative of serpō