Obs. [f. CHAPMAN + HOOD, -HEAD.] = CHAPMANSHIP.
c. 1386. Chaucer, Shipm. T., 238. Ffor eueremoore we moote stonde in drede Of hap and ffortune in oure chapmanhede.
1393. Gower, Conf., II. 83. Of chapmenhode he found the wey And eke to coigne the money Of sondry metal.
1496. Dives & Paup. (W. de W.), VII. x. 291. Neyther in knyghthode ne in chapmanhode ne in werkmanshyp.
1582. Stanyhurst, Æneis, IV. (Arb.), 106. Ne yet eauer I thralled My self too wedlock: I toe no such chapmanhed harckned.
