whappet dial.
(ˈhwɒpɪt)
Also 9 wappet.
[f. *whap, wap n.2 + -et1.]
A small dog addicted to ‘wapping’ or yelping.
| 1577 Harrison England iii. vii. (1878) 48 The whappet or prick-eard curre. 1622 S. Ward Life of Faith (1627) 62 As the sturdie Steede dashes out the little Whappets braines, so easily doth Death with the least kicke..the stoutest Constitution. a 1825 Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Wappet, a yelping cur. |