sarplier
(ˈsɑːplɪə(r))
Forms: 4–7 sarpler, (4 sarpuler), 5 sarpeler(e, (sarplar, -pelar, -pliar), 6– sarplier; Sc. 5 sarplare, -air, sarpleth, 7 serplaith.
[a. AF. sarpler (Rolls of Parlt. I. 413, 1321–2), OF. sarpillere (mod.F. serpillière packing cloth) = Pr. sarpelheira, Cat. sarpallera, xarpallera, Sp. arpillera, Pg. sarapilheira.
Littré suggests that the word is a derivative (with suffix -ˈaria: see -er2 2) of late L. xērampelinus (med.L. corruptly xeropellinus, serampelinus, serapellinus) a. Gr. ξηραµπέλινος, of the colour of withered vine-leaves, f. ξηρός dry, withered + ἄµπελος vine. But this derivation has been contested by later philologists. Cf. Fr. dial. (16th c.) serpol bride's trousseau. MDu. had sarpelier, serplier, pack of wool (also sarpeel).]
† 1. A large sack of coarse canvas for wool; a sack or bale of wool containing eighty tods; also used as a measure of quantity for wool.
| [1353–4 Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 554 Et in 4 sarplers novis pro lanis cariandis.] c 1374 Chaucer Boeth. i. pr. iii. 6 (Camb. MS.) They ben ententyf abowte sarpuleris or sachels vnprofitable for to taken [orig. circa diripiendas inutiles sarcinulas occupantur]. c 1380 Sir Ferumb. 4371 Hyre sarplers dud he with hay be fild, & bonde hem to hure sadels gyld. 1425 Rolls of Parlt. IV. 290/1 The which Cokett contenes the hool nombre of sarplers. c 1430 Lydg. Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 204 Though many a robe hath be shente On hire sarpelere and on hire sak. 1436 Sc. Acts Jas. I (1814) II. 23/2 Gudis þat aw na custum or þat aw custum eftir þe fraucht of þe serplaith þat is to say it at payis as a serplaith in fraucht. c 1440 Lydg. Hors, Shepe & G. 415 The..Duke of Burgon Cam befor Caleis with Flemynges nat a fewe, Which yaff the sakkis & sarpleres of the toun To Gaunt & Brugis his fredam for to shewe. a 1513 Fabyan Chron. vii. (1811) 395 The Kyng..commaunded a new subsydie to be leuyed vpon all y⊇ sarplers of wolle goynge out of Englande. 1581 J. Bell Haddon's Answ. Osor. 51 b, You besturre yourselfe: & packe and stuffe together a whole sarpler full of Tullies owne sentences. 1609 Skene Reg. Maj., Treat. 141 In Merchandice na Merchant sall passe over the sea, except he haue thrie Serplaiths of wooll, of hiw awin proper gudes. |
† 2. A wrapper of sackcloth (or other coarse material) for packing merchandise. Obs.
| 1565 Cooper Thesaurus, Segestre, a sarplier: a thyng to packe vp merchandice in. 1601 Holland Pliny I. 392 It serued as wast Paper for sarplers to wrap and packe vp wares in. 1653 Urquhart Rabelais Prol. (Rtldg.) 18 His Orations did smell like the sarpler, or wrapper of a foul..oil vessel. 1686 tr. Chardin's Trav. Persia i. 74 The other [tent] is cover'd with a great Sarpler of Wooll, for their Cattel and Horses. 1725 Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Ointment, If..the Fire should catch, you must have a Covering or Sarplier ready, which you have dipt in Water and well wrung. 1847 Halliwell, Sarpelere, a coarse packcloth made of hemp. Glouc. |
3. A large sack into which hops are gathered and carried to the kiln. local.
| 1893 C. Whitehead Hop Cultiv. 36 When picked, the hops are measured..into ‘pokes’, ‘greenbags’, or sacks, holding 10 bushels. Note. In Hampshire and Surrey these sacks are called ‘sarpliers’, and hold fourteen bushels. |