serpet

English

Etymology

Latin sirpus (“rush, bulrush”), scirpus (“rush, bulrush”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɜː(ɹ)pɪt/

Noun

serpet (plural serpets)

1. (obsolete) A basket.
   • 1615, George Sandys, “(please specify the page)”, in The Relation of a Iourney Begun An: Dom: 1610. […], London: […] [Richard Field] for W. Barrett, →OCLC:

     After them are carried in Serpets (a kind of baskets) their presents.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “serpet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Peters, Pretes, pester, pestre, peters, pre-set, preset

Latin

Verb

serpet

1. third-person singular future active indicative of serpō