Kemple

//ˈkɛmp(ə)l// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from German.
Noun
  1. 1
    The size of a standard load of straw, approximately 450 pounds. Scotland

    "His Honour, ye see, being under hiding in thae sair times--the mair's the pity--he lies a' day, and whiles a' night, in the cove in the dern hag; but though it's a bieldy eneugh bit, and the auld gudeman o' Corse-Cleugh has panged it wi' a kemple o' strae amaist, yet when the country's quiet, and the night very cauld, his Honour whiles creeps doun here to get a warm at the ingle and a sleep amang the blankets, and gangs awa in the morning."

Etymology

Americanized spelling of German Kempel or Kempfle.

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