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Definition of Thropple
1. n. The windpipe.
2. v. t. To throttle.
Definition of Thropple
1. Noun. (obsolete) larynx, windpipe ¹
2. Verb. (obsolete) to throttle ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Thropple
1. to throttle [v THROPPLED, THROPPLING, THROPPLES] - See also: throttle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thropple
Literary usage of Thropple
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"Halliwell gives also thropple, to throttle ; a derived sense. A dimin. form of
throp*, ... thropple is, in fact, a mere variant of throttle. ..."
2. Transactions of the Philological Society by Philological Society (Great Britain). (1867)
"thropple, n. the windpipe. thropple, vt to throttle or strangle. Throp wife, To
be throng as. To be very busy. ..."
3. Hunting by Henry Charles FitzRoy Somerset Beaufort, Mowbray Morris, Edward William Lewis Davis, Digby Collins, Alfred Edward Thomas Watson (1886)
"... with his body and not (as my countrymen say) withy-cragged, which is loose
and pliant. The thropple or nether part of the neck, which goes from the ..."
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