Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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‡CHAP, n.2 (See second quot.) Known to Bnff.2, Abd.9 1939. [tʃɑp]Abd. 1926 Bnffsh. Jnl. (23 March) 2:
The flail has gone; no need to speak of the “hand-staff” . . . the “bowster” and the “chap.”Bch. 1931 J.M.C. in Abd. Press and Jnl. (30 Jan.):
The chap was a platform the joists of which rested on the barn earth floor. The sheaves were laid on this, and the flailsman laid on, turned the sheaves, and gave them another retour till the golden grain was duntit oot.
