| 单词 |
copsil |
| 释义 |
copsole, copsil Obs. or dial.
Forms: 6 copsoll, 7 copsole, 7–8 cope-sale, 8 cope-sal, 9 copsil.
[app. f. cops n.: the rest is uncertain.]
1. = cops n. 3.
1562Lanc. Wills II. 34, ij copsolls xvid. 1625Inv. in Miss Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. 97 Two pair of Cotterells or Copsoles. 1688R. Holme Armoury iii. viii. 335 He beareth Gules, a Cop-sole and Pin, with the chain pendant, Argent, by the name of Copsole. This is very often by old Heralds termed a Dog-Couple, but..I should rather take it for a Shakle and Bolt, with the Chain hanging at it. 1704[see cope n.4]. 1727Bradley Fam. Dict. I. s.v. Cart, The Cope-Sale, and Pin. 1847–78Halliwell, Copsal, a piece of iron which terminates the front of a plough. 1881G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk., Copsil..c. A piece of iron describing an arc, welded to the end of the plough-beam, perforated and furnished with pins, for adjusting the width and regulating the draught.
2. ‘A wedge for keeping the coulter of an old-fashioned wooden plough in its place at a proper angle to the beam.’
1881Shropshire Word-bk. 96 Copsils of this kind fell out of use when iron ploughs became general, about 1835–40. |
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