underpicchen

Middle English

Etymology

From under- +‎ picchen (“to throw, fix”).

Verb

underpicchen (past tense and past participle underpight)

1. to fill underneath; to prop up
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Man of Lawes Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:

     He drank , and wel his gurdel underpight

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Usage notes

Only attested in the past tense and past participle.

References

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