tæppestre

Old English

Etymology

From tæppa +‎ -estre; compare tæppere (“barkeep, tavern-keeper”).

Noun

tæppestre f (nominative plural tæpperan)

a female tavern-keeper, tapster, barmaid
He knew the tavernes ... and everych hostiler and tappestere. — Chaucer, Cant. Tales (Middle English)

Related terms

tæppa — tap, spigot
tæppere — barkeep
tæppian — to open a cask, furnish with a tap

Descendants

tapster

References

1916, John R. Clark, "A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary for the Use of Students", tæppeste et al.
Bosworth, J. (2010, March 21). An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online (T. N. Toller & Others, Eds.), tæppestre.

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