hoppet
/ˈhɒpɪt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Hoppets. Hand-baskets. These were used for holding seed. In March 1590, two seed-hoppets and a wisket cost 18d.; April 1592, a wisket at Tingreve and a third hoppet there cost 9d."
- "The sinkers were raised and lowered in a hoppet attached to the rope."
- "A sinker must be appointed as hanger-on to give signals to the bank; he must also steady the hoppet whenever it has been lifted off the bottom, and must see that it has ceased to swing before he gives the signal to wind up."
- "The hoppet is thus steadied and guided, and may be raised with safety at a greater speed than was formerly possible."
- "The bowling green can be seen in the hoppet, but the windmill has been removed."
- "To Charles my tenements and lands in Rettendon , i.e. my tenement called Hadds with a little hoppet of a rood of land lying to the same , my tenement with 15 acres of customary land and 15 acres of silver land"
Etymology
From hop + -et.
Usage
- British usage