Hoppet

//ˈhɒpɪt// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A handbasket for holding seeds while sowing. UK, dialectal

    "Hoppets. Hand-baskets. These were used for holding seed. In March 1590, two seed-hoppets and a wisket cost 18d.; April 1592, a wisket at Tingreve and a third hoppet there cost 9d."

  2. 2
    A dish used by miners to measure ore. UK, dialectal

    "The sinkers were raised and lowered in a hoppet attached to the rope."

  3. 3
    A meadow or paddock. UK, dialectal

    "The bowling green can be seen in the hoppet, but the windmill has been removed."

Example

More examples

"Hoppets. Hand-baskets. These were used for holding seed. In March 1590, two seed-hoppets and a wisket cost 18d.; April 1592, a wisket at Tingreve and a third hoppet there cost 9d."

Etymology

From hop + -et.

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