knapskull
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English
Etymology
A variant of knapscall; the first element is possibly knape (“(UK, dialectal, obsolete) lad”), while the second element is unknown.[1]
Noun
knapskull (plural knapskulls)
- (Scotland, obsolete) Synonym of knapscall (“a type of helmet generally worn by a low-ranking person, possibly a servant of a cavalryman”)
References
- ^ “† knapscall, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2024.
