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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1621-1643
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Dog coppell, cuppell, n. [e.m.E. dog couple (1652).] A leash for two hounds. —1621 Edinburgh Testaments LI. 63.
Four pair of dog coppellis at thrie schillingis the pair 1643 Ib. LX. 240.
Aucht pair of doig cuppellis estimat all to vij lib.
