HOPPESTERE
Source: 567
Hop′pes‐tere″ (?), a. An unexplained epithet used by Chaucer in reference to ships. By some it is defined as “dancing (on the wave)”; by others as “opposing,” “warlike.” T. R. Lounsbury.
Source: 567
Hop′pes‐tere″ (?), a. An unexplained epithet used by Chaucer in reference to ships. By some it is defined as “dancing (on the wave)”; by others as “opposing,” “warlike.” T. R. Lounsbury.