▪ I. hoppet1 Chiefly north. dial.
(ˈhɒpɪt)
Also 7– hobbet, 9 hoppett, -itt.
[? f. hopper1 with dim. suffix. Cf. also hobbet.]
1. A basket, esp. a small hand-basket.
| 1671 Skinner Etym. Angl., Hoppet, vox agro Linc. usitatissima significat autem Corbem seu Calathum quo fructus circumferunt. 1674 Ray N.C. Words 26 A Hoppet, a little Handbasket. 1688 R. Holme Armoury iii. 392/1 An Hoppet, or Hobbet..is a Vessel of wood to carry corn in by him that soweth the same. 1787 Grose Prov. Gloss., Hoppet, a little basket, chiefly for holding seed-corn, worn by the husbandmen, in sowing, at their backs, whence a man with protuberant buttocks is compared to a man accoutered with a hoppet, and stiled hoppet-arsed, vulgarly hopper⁓arsed. 1828 Craven Dial., Hoppit, a little basket. 1847–78 Halliwell, Hoppet,..the dish used by miners to measure their ore in. 1886 S.W. Linc. Gloss., Hoppet, a small hand⁓basket with lids. ‘She has ta'en a hoppet with her lunch.’ |
2. A large bucket, used for lowering and raising men and materials in the shaft of a mine or other excavation.
| 1865 Ann. Reg. 3 The engineer was astonished to find that the hoppet containing the men stopped in the shaft. 1888 Times 9 Apr. 6/5 The hoppet is a large iron bucket fastened by three hooks and chains to the rope. 1890 Pall Mall G. 8 Sept. 3/1 The workmen are raised by means of a ‘hoppett’, which a steam engine lifts or lowers as required. 1897 Times 10 Mar. 13/6 One hoppit came up with débris showing slight dampness. |
3. A bee-hive; also bee-hoppet. dial.
▪ II. ˈhoppet2 local.
[? dim. of hope n.2]
1. An enclosure; a yard, paddock, or the like.
| 1701 Deed [relating to properties called] ‘a Barn and Hoppett’. 1864 Gd. Words 581/2 There is a hoppet big enough for the run of a pony. 1867 Crim. Chronol. York Castle 153 Crowther and Hoyle were interred in the hoppet at the back of the Castle. |
2. A gaol or prison. [May perh. belong to prec. word: cf. cage, coop similarly used.]
| 1855 Robinson Whitby Gloss., Hoppet, the jail. ‘They were putten i' t' hoppet’, imprisoned. |
▪ III. ˈhoppet3 north. dial.
[dim. from hop v.1]
An infant in arms.
| 1695 Kennett Par. Antiq. II. Gloss. s.v. Tremuta, A young child danced in the arms is by metaphor called a little hoppet. 1828 Craven Dial., Hoppit, an infant. |