† ˈwarpfat Obs.
[f. warp n. + fat n.1]
? = warping-fat, -trough (warping vbl. n. 10 c).
The OE. word glosses calathus, which should mean either ‘basket’ generally (cf. ‘Vimen, wearp,’ Corpus Glossary) or ‘basket for thread.’ The rendering alueolus in the Cath. Angl. app. means a trough.
| c 1000 ælfric Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 152/21 Calathus, wearpfæt. 1483 Cath. Angl. 409/1 A Warpe fatte, alueolus. |