Obs. Also 7 coppell. [app. a dim. of COP sb.2 Cf. OF. coupel, copel, now coupeau summit of a hill, etc., dim. of OF. coppe summit.]
1. A crest on a bird’s head. Hence an appellation for a crested fowl: cf. COPPY sb.2
15[?]. Pilkington, Tourn. Tottenham, 49, in Hazl., E. P. P., III. 84. And coppull my brode hen that was broȝt out of Kent.
1600. Surflet, Countrie Farme, I. ix. 115. The [pea] cocke … hateth … his yong ones, vntill they be growne to haue a coppell vpon their heads.
2. A little summit or eminence; = F. coupeau.
1600. Hakluyt, Voy., III. 606 (R.). It is a low Cape, and vpon it is a copple not very high.
Copple, obs. f. COUPLE, CUPEL.
