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Webster 1913 Edition
Tippet
Tip′pet
,Noun.
1.
A cape, or scarflike garment for covering the neck, or the neck and shoulders, – usually made of fur, cloth, or other warm material.
Chaucer. Bacon.
2.
A length of twisted hair or gut in a fish line.
[Scot.]
3.
A handful of straw bound together at one end, and used for thatching.
[Scot.]
Jamieson.
Tippet grebe
(Zool.)
, the great crested grebe, or one of several similar species.
– Tippet grouse
(Zool.)
, the ruffed grouse.
– To turn tippet
, to change.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.
Definition 2024
tippet
tippet
English
Noun
tippet (plural tippets)
- a shoulder covering, typically the fur of a fox, with long ends that dangle in front
- 1942, Emily Carr, The Book of Small, “Christmas,”
- Drygoods shops did not have much that was Christmassy to display except red flannel and rabbit fur baby coats and muffs and tippets.
- 1942, Emily Carr, The Book of Small, “Christmas,”
- a stole worn by Anglican ministers
- (Scotland, obsolete) A length of twisted hair or gut in a fishing line.
- (Scotland, obsolete) A handful of straw bound together at one end, used for thatching.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Jamieson to this entry?)
Derived terms
- tippet grebe
- tippet grouse
- turn tippet