thropple

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English

Etymology

See thrapple.

Pronunciation

Noun

thropple (plural thropples)

  1. (chiefly Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland) Alternative spelling of thrapple
    • (Works Issued by the Hakluyt Society; no. XCIV), volume III, London: Hakluyt Society, , published 1896, →OCLC, page 982:
      A greater quantitie of victuall is carried from Zeila, [...] and beastes also, as namely sheepe, [...] as also certaine other all white with tayles a fathome long, and writhen like a vine branche, hauing thropples vnder their throtes like bulles.
      Apparently a use of the word to refer to a wattle (“a fold of skin hanging from the neck”).]
    • R. Hetherton, →OCLC, page 141:
      Luok, leyke mad bulls they bang about, / Wi' shouts their thropples rivan, / Wheyle whup for smack the rabble rout, / Are yen owr tother drivan; [...]]
    • 1829, , “The Voyage. (Continued.)”, in Tales of a Voyager to the Arctic Ocean.  (Second Series), volume III, London: Henry Colburn, , →OCLC, page 66:
      The morse [i.e., walrus] is said to roar or bellow loudly, but the animal we slew made no outcry, [...] Nevertheless, the immense size of its larynx or thropple, which William dissected out and brought with him to England, seems to indicate vast powers of voice in his animal; [...]
    • 1875, E. R. Billings, “Pipes and Smokers. (Continued.)”, in Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce, , Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 178:
      In the sentiment of the following lines on "A pipe of Tobacco" by John Usher, all lovers of the plant will heartily join: "Let the toper regale in his tankard of ale, / Or with alcohol moisten his thropple, / Only give me I pray, a good pipe of soft clay, / Nicely tapered, and thin in the stopple; / And I shall puff, puff, let who will say enough, / No luxury else I'm in lack o', / No malice I hoard, 'gainst Queen, Prince, Duke or Lord, / While I pull at my pipe of Tobacco. [..."]
    • 1911, R F Meysey-Thompson, “Simple Ailments”, in The Horse: Its Origin and Development Combined with Stable Practice, London: Edward Arnold, →OCLC, page 289:
      There is one type of neck which so constantly results in roaring that it is known in Yorkshire as a "roarer's neck," and sooner or later the horse which is so shaped is almost certain to fall a victim to the complaint. The neck in question is a strong thick one, with the head carried high, but there is a peculiar outward curve in front, somewhat resembling that of a fallow deer, with an unusually thick thropple, the formation of which, no doubt, sustains a constant strain on the nerve, which eventually fails in consequence.
    • a. 1919, F W Moorman, “Tales of a Grandmother: I. The Tree of Knowledge”, in More Tales of the Ridings, London: Elkin Mathews, , published 1920, →OCLC; republished as More Tales of the Ridings (EBook #18260)‎, : Project Gutenberg, 2006 May 4, archived from the original on 4 November 2016:
      'He'll do nowt o' the sort,' I answered; 'and he wi' a hoast in his thropple like a badly cow. I sudn't be surprised if he were dead by Chrissamas.'

Verb

thropple (third-person singular simple present thropples, present participle throppling, simple past and past participle throppled)

  1. (transitive, chiefly Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, dated) Alternative spelling of thrapple
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