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tapwin (s.xiii1/4)
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tapwin (s.xiii1/4)

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tapwyn  (tamwyn)  
  FEW: ∅ Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  tapwin  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED:  tamwin n.  / tapwin n.  DMLBS: ∅
ls(loanword: M.E. )
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Although the term is presumably a Middle English compound of tap(pe n.1 and win(e n., it is attested only in a London document from the reign of King John (and a later copy of the same) in Anglo-Norman. No equivalent is attested in the Lorraine dialect.

s.

merch.oenol.tap-wine, first tun of wine broached from a Lorraine merchant ship: 
( MS: s.xiii1/4 ) Cum li Looreng vendrunt a la Niwe Were, si entamerunt le quel veissel que il vodrunt. E par lur estop deivent il vendre l'estop a denier. E icest vaissel est apelé tapwin  London Mun Coll 499
( MS: s.xiii1/4 ) Que nul marchant ne puet entrer en la nef dedenz ces treis tides pur marchandise feire, ke il ne seit el forfait le rei de .xl. sol., fors del tapwin  London Mun Coll 500
( c.1320-1420 ) [...] Et ycel vessel est apelé tamwyn  Lib Cust 61
( c.1320-1420 ) [...] fors de tapwyn  Lib Cust 62

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