jan 1, 1667 - ripple comb

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A toothed implement used in the preparation of flax and hemp. 1499 <i>a hekyll, A ryppyll came iijd,</i> Northallerton (SS2/104); 1570 <i>3 heckles one ripple canne </i>[sic] <i>for lyne</i>, Spaldington (YRS134/40); 1585 <i>a ripple comb 2 heckles</i>, South Cave (Kaner130); 1639 <i>In the Chamber a ripplecame</i>, Selby (YRS47/43); 1667 <i>a ripple coame</i>, Barley (YRS47/44). A by-name is evidence of the word’s much longer history: 1316 <i>Alice Ryppelcombe 1d</i>; ‘to the house of <i>Alice Reppelcombe</i> of <i>Werloley</i>’, Sowerby (YRS78/145-6).

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