different between sippet vs tippet

English

Etymology

First attested in the 16th century, as a diminutive of sop. See -et.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?p?t

Noun

sippet (plural sippets)

1. (obsolete) A small piece of something, especially a piece of toast or fried bean eaten with soup or gravy.

See also

• snippet

Anagrams

• PPEist, pipets

English

Etymology

From Old English tæppet, from Latin tapete (“cloth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?p?t/
• Rhymes: -?p?t

Noun

tippet (plural tippets)

1. A shoulder covering, typically the fur of a fox, with long ends that dangle in front.
   • 1942, Emily Carr, The Book of Small, “Christmas,”^[1]

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

2. A stole worn by Anglican ministers or other clergymen.
   • 1581, Meredith Hanmer, The Iesuites Banner, London, Chapter 3,^[2]

     […] 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 […]

3. (Scotland, obsolete) A length of twisted hair or gut in a fishing line.
4. (Scotland, obsolete) A handful of straw bound together at one end, used for thatching.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Jamieson to this entry?)

5. (fishing) In fly fishing, the part of the leader that attaches to the fly.
6. A bird's ruffle.
7. One of the patagia, or pieces at the side of the pronotum of a moth.

Derived terms

• tippet grebe (great crested grebe, Podiceps cristatus)
• tippet grouse (ruffed grouse, Bonasa umbellus)
• turn tippet

German

Verb

tippet

1. second-person plural subjunctive I of tippen

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• tippa

Pronunciation

Verb

tippet

1. inflection of tippe:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle