tripee (c.1275)
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tripee (c.1275)

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[FEW: ∅; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: ∅; TL: ∅; DEAF: ∅; DMF: ∅; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅]
trepee  

The origins of this word are obscure, but may be related to tropee (see also FEW thorp).

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1livestockflock, herd (of sheep or goats): 
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Fraunceys [...] en la pasture Trova un[e] graunte trepee De berbiz  3627
( c.1290; MS: s.xivin )  Une damehe de alouhes, une tripee de berbys  191
( c.1300; MS: s.xivm )  Cés mist en auger u ewe ert versee As bestes assembler en une tripee  1384
trippe#1  tropee 
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