couper1 (s.xiii)
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couper1 (s.xiii)

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[ FEW: *2/ii,1549a cupa; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: ∅; TL: ∅; DEAF:  cuve (*); DMF:  coupier 3; TLF: ∅; OED:  cooper n.1; MED:  couper(e n.; DMLBS: 534b cuparius /534c cupator ]
coupere;  cuper,  cupere,  cupperer  

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1occupationcooper, craftsman who makes wooden casks, buckets, barrels, tubs, etc.: 
( MS: s.xiii ) ut videmus in cupariis gloss: (L) cuperes (var. (D*: s.xiii/xiv) cupers;  (C: s.xiiiex) couvers ) qui fabricant cuppas et dolea ferrata [...]  i 199.45 and ii 133.45
( s.xiv-xv )  Les ordinances des coupers  i 67
( 1421-22 )  Item a le couper pur bindyng le dit tonne – .xviij. d.  300 (9 Hen V)
covere#2  couver  cuve  cuvel#1 
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