Tippet

/ˈtɪpɪt/ · noun

Meaning

A shoulder covering, typically the fur of a fox, with long ends that dangle in front..

Definitions by Sense

1. A shoulder covering, typically the fur of a fox, with long ends that dangle in front.
2. A stole worn by Anglican ministers or other clergymen.
3. (historical) A piece of mail armor protecting the shoulders and neck; a camail.
4. (Scotland, obsolete) A length of twisted hair or gut in a fishing line.
5. (Scotland, obsolete) A handful of straw bound together at one end, used for thatching.
6. (fishing) In fly fishing, the part of the leader that attaches to the fly.
7. A bird's ruffle.
8. One of the patagia, or pieces at the side of the pronotum of a moth.

Example Sentences

Drygoods shops did not have much that was Christmassy to display except red flannel and rabbit fur baby coats and muffs and tippets.

In practice, this "sunshine roof" did not prove so attractive, since a correspondent wrote to the Railway Times on September 4, 1839, recording that a third-class lady passenger "had her tippet set on fire, and, in extinguishing the same, severely burnt her hand.

[…] so this Iesuitical sect is descrired by their long [i]ackets, their course stockinges, their thicke cobled shoes, their long clokes with claspe vnder the chin, their sorbonical tippet […]

We are inclined to think this warrior wears his camail over the upper part of the surcoat, which would account for the sudden disappearance of the shield strap or guige when it reaches the mail tippet.

Taking the place of the mail coif is the “camail” or mail tippet, which is fastened to the edge of the bascinet. His arm defences show circular plates or “palettes,” which guard the inside of the arm at pit and elbow.

Hence this leader wears a richly decorated fur hat and a large gold neck chain, as well as a full steel cuirass over a padded mail tippet. The armour has the horizontally ridged breastplate characteristic of Germany […]

The school constituency[…]provded “tippets” of straw to repair the thatch

Synonyms for tippet

Antonyms for tippet

Related Words

Word Forms

• tippets

Usage Notes

Choose a synonym only when it preserves the intended meaning, tone, and grammar of the full sentence.

Practice and Learn More

Frequently Asked Questions