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Definition of Tippet
1. Noun. A woman's fur shoulder cape with hanging ends; often consisting of the whole fur of a fox or marten.
Definition of Tippet
1. n. A cape, or scarflike garment for covering the neck, or the neck and shoulders, -- usually made of fur, cloth, or other warm material.
Definition of Tippet
1. Noun. a shoulder covering, typically the fur of a fox, with long ends that dangle in front ¹
2. Noun. a stole worn by Anglican ministers ¹
3. Noun. (obsolete) A length of twisted hair or gut in a fishing line. ¹
4. Noun. (obsolete) A handful of straw bound together at one end, used for thatching. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tippet
1. a covering for the shoulders [n -S]
Medical Definition of Tippet
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1. A cape, or scarflike garment for covering the neck, or the neck and shoulders, usually made of fur, cloth, or other warm material.
2. A length of twisted hair or gut in a fish line.
3. A handful of straw bound together at one end, and used for thatching.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tippet
Literary usage of Tippet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Contested Etymologies in the Dictionary of the Rev. W. W. Skeat by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1882)
"tippet.—Borrowed, according to Skeat, from Lat. tapete, cloth, hangings. To this
etymology there are objections on all sides. It is most improbable that a ..."
2. A History of British Birds by Thomas Bewick, Ralph Beilby, Henry Cotes (1816)
"Kff m THE tippet GREBE. ... Modern ornithologists begin to suspect that the tippet
Grebe is the female ..."
3. Social Life at the English Universities in the Eighteenth Century by Christopher Wordsworth (1874)
"It is so folded that the neck, instead of being under the string, is yoked by
the part which joins tippet and hood, and which would ordinarily ..."
4. The Diary of Henry Machyn, Citizen and Merchant-taylor of London, from A.D by Henry Machyn, John Gough Nichols (1848)
"... with a like em- broderie, the tippet perished in one place with ratti ; and
a coate of clothe of silver, with demi-sleeves, ..."
5. The Parson's Handbook: Containing Practical Directions Both for Parsons and by Percy Dearmer (1902)
"The tippet,' says the Alcuin Club tract on the Ornaments Rubric,2 ' was a scarf
... There is no known authority for confining the use of the tippet to ..."
6. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1873)
"presented in the widow's cap of the period, and wears a black sort of tippet.
The engraving (of an oval form) was printed by Robert Sayer, ..."
7. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"... he scarcely knows a jimmy from a round robin, and Jack deserved the tippet
for making a law with him, as all coves of his kidney "blow the gaff. ..."
8. The Nursery (1869)
"HOW tippet SAVED BABY'S LIFE. As they grew up, Nora and tippet be-came great
friends. They would play on the floor, and tippet would let Nora pull him about ..."
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