▪ I. † gipe Obs. rare—1.
In 4–5 gype.
[a. OF. gipe, gippe, var. jupe, etc.: see jupe, jupon.]
A tunic, smock-frock, cassock.
In the quot. the allusion is app. to the folds or gathers of the tunic.
| c 1400 Rom. Rose 7262 High shoes knopped with dagges, That frouncen lyke a quaile pype, Or botes rivelyng as a gype. |
▪ II. gipe
var. gype Sc.