Old English

Noun

tæppestre f ‎(nominative plural tæpperan)

1. a female tavern-keeper, tapster, barmaid

   He knew the tavernes ... and everych hostiler and tappestere. — Chaucer, Cant. Tales (Middle English)

Related terms

• tæppa — tap, spigot
• tæppere — barkeep
• tæppian — to open a cask, furnish with a tap

Descendants

• tapster

References

• 1916, John R. Clark, "A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary for the Use of Students", tæppeste et al.
• Bosworth, J. (2010, March 21). An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online (T. N. Toller & Others, Eds.), tæppestre.