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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Hoppestere

· Hop·pes·tere · IPA
01 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,” “…
  1. 1.
    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.”