† ˈtapiter Obs. rare.
[f. tapit, tapet n. + -er1.]
= tapisser. Also attrib.
| c 1440 York Myst. xxx. 270 (title) The Tapiteres and Couchers. 1485 York Civic. Rec. (Yorks. Archaeol. Soc.) (1939) I. 115 It was determyned that the tapiters, cardemakers and lynwyves of this Citie be togader annexid to the bringing furth of the padgeants of the tapiter craft and cardmaker. |